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Craig

Boys' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~246,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,644 among boys
Births in 2025
102 300,628 since 1880
Typical age
57 years, median

Craig popularity over time

Craig rank by birth year, 1881–2025Craig ranked #866 in 1881 and #1,644 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #39, in 1969.#100#1,000#1,644best #39 in 196918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1881–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1960 is the peak year for Craig, with 10,744 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1881. Across the record, 42 years put Craig in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #1,644 with 102 births. The ten-year change is -57%. It climbed 189 places against the previous year.

Babies named Craig per yearPeaks at 10,744 births in 1960.10,744 in 1960018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Craig?

About 246,200 people named Craig are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 300,628 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Craig?

Median age among living Craigs: 57. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Craig a late 20th-century name.

Your Craig

Ages of living people named CraigHalf of living Craigs are older than 57 and half younger.median 57020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Craig is most common

Pennsylvania uses the name 1.8× as often as the country as a whole. Louisiana, Massachusetts and Georgia follow.

Where Craig is used more than average4 states use the name Craig more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.8× the national ratePANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.5× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 1.7× the national rateLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.3× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Craig is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Pennsylvania 82 1.8×
Louisiana 30 1.7×
Massachusetts 35 1.5×
Georgia 57 1.3×

Craig in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Craig ranked #1,705 in 2025 on 15 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Craig comes from

From craig (“rock”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Craig

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Craig Mello American biologist 1960 54
Craig David British singer 1981 49
Craig Bellamy Welsh association football manager 1979 48
Craig Gordon Scottish association football player 1982 42
Craig Ferguson British actor 1962 41
Craig T. Nelson American actor and comedian 1944 39
Craig Goodwin Australian association footballer 1991 33
Craig Gardner English association football player 1986 31
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 539 in 1941 to 897 in 1942 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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