Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Craig

#124 most common boys' name of all time · #258 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#124
Rank overall
#258 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
300,628
Since 2016
1,514
Peak year
1960 #41
Best rank
#39 1969
Girls Boys peak 10,744/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Craig first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 102 102 #1,646
2024 — 88 88 #1,837
2023 — 115 115 #1,531
2022 — 121 121 #1,497
2021 — 125 125 #1,444
2020 — 149 149 #1,247
2019 — 205 205 #1,014
2018 — 161 161 #1,184
2017 — 210 210 #980
2016 — 238 238 #904
2015 — 237 237 #908
2014 — 228 228 #931
2013 — 268 268 #813
2012 — 291 291 #780
2011 — 272 272 #805
2010 — 362 362 #664
2009 — 368 368 #666
2008 — 428 428 #589
2007 — 471 471 #546
2006 — 463 463 #547
2005 — 504 504 #491
2004 — 523 523 #479
2003 — 607 607 #424
2002 — 689 689 #379
2001 — 682 682 #381
2000 — 808 808 #339
1999 — 854 854 #327
1998 — 880 880 #315
1997 — 1,098 1,098 #257
1996 5 1,198 1,203 #247
1995 5 1,355 1,360 #219
1994 — 1,507 1,507 #198
1993 — 1,837 1,837 #175
1992 5 2,070 2,075 #155
1991 6 2,399 2,405 #135
1990 14 2,907 2,921 #117
1989 12 3,155 3,167 #105
1988 23 3,306 3,329 #96
1987 25 3,364 3,389 #88
1986 22 3,926 3,948 #80
1985 19 3,952 3,971 #79
1984 26 3,959 3,985 #75
1983 28 4,084 4,112 #70
1982 19 4,018 4,037 #73
1981 25 4,097 4,122 #72
1980 17 4,234 4,251 #73
1979 21 4,029 4,050 #77
1978 17 4,472 4,489 #66
1977 26 4,560 4,586 #64
1976 27 4,732 4,759 #61
1975 14 5,110 5,124 #58
1974 21 5,539 5,560 #57
1973 31 6,295 6,326 #48
1972 39 6,729 6,768 #46
1971 35 7,957 7,992 #43
1970 46 9,364 9,410 #39
1969 32 8,783 8,815 #39
1968 38 7,858 7,896 #41
1967 27 7,311 7,338 #46
1966 25 7,729 7,754 #46
1965 19 7,877 7,896 #46
1964 20 7,752 7,772 #48
1963 20 7,899 7,919 #51
1962 27 8,544 8,571 #51
1961 24 10,235 10,259 #43
1960 20 10,724 10,744 #41
1959 28 9,933 9,961 #44
1958 20 7,272 7,292 #53
1957 22 7,069 7,091 #55
1956 9 7,422 7,431 #51
1955 19 7,448 7,467 #50
1954 8 7,180 7,188 #51
1953 11 6,459 6,470 #60
1952 18 6,187 6,205 #59
1951 14 5,623 5,637 #63
1950 12 4,888 4,900 #69
1949 11 4,328 4,339 #77
1948 10 3,985 3,995 #82
1947 12 3,640 3,652 #93
1946 9 2,471 2,480 #108
1945 7 1,597 1,604 #135
1944 — 1,321 1,321 #151
1943 7 1,132 1,139 #164
1942 5 892 897 #175
1941 — 539 539 #236
1940 — 384 384 #286
1939 — 348 348 #301
1938 — 321 321 #307
1937 — 330 330 #297
1936 — 205 205 #384
1935 — 170 170 #431
1934 — 138 138 #489
1933 — 111 111 #542
1932 — 106 106 #578
1931 — 112 112 #556
1930 — 105 105 #588
1929 — 106 106 #585
1928 — 85 85 #687
1927 — 102 102 #622
1926 — 80 80 #714
1925 — 97 97 #648
1924 — 87 87 #706
1923 — 112 112 #599
1922 — 81 81 #733
1921 — 80 80 #741
1920 5 77 82 #748
1919 — 57 57 #883
1918 5 89 94 #654
1917 — 59 59 #837
1916 — 57 57 #828
1915 — 72 72 #686
1914 — 38 38 #893
1913 — 37 37 #787
1912 — 26 26 #881
1911 — 11 11 #1,084
1910 — 8 8 #1,245
1909 — 12 12 #872
1908 — 10 10 #920
1907 — 8 8 #1,043
1906 — 16 16 #610
1904 — 5 5 #1,278
1903 — 7 7 #971
1902 — 5 5 #1,209
1901 — 6 6 #1,003
1900 — 9 9 #940
1899 — 5 5 #1,109
1896 — 5 5 #1,179
1894 — 8 8 #842
1892 — 5 5 #1,154
1890 — 7 7 #860
1888 — 7 7 #881
1886 — 5 5 #1,038
1881 — 5 5 #941