boys' name ★ peaked 2024

Crew

Meaning weir Gender Boy · 1% girls Rank 2025 #256 Trend ↑ Rising 58%

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

Rank 2025
#256
among boys · ↓6 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,362
named Crew · -4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,263
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2024
1,420 babies
All-time total
12,580
#1,062 all-time among boys
First recorded
1995
in Social Security records

Crew popularity over time

12,580 babies have been named Crew since 1995, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s – – – – – –
1980s – – – – – –
1990s – 48 48 5 – #4,452
2000s – 640 640 64 +1233% #1,243
2010s 17 3,877 3,894 389 +508% #338
2020s (to 2025) 54 7,944 7,998 1,333 +242% #250

Where Crew is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 1,497 0.88 #235
2027 1,632 0.96 #221
2028 1,757 1.03 #200
2029 1,870 1.09 #193
2030 1,972 1.15 #187

Where Crew is most popular

Boys named Crew per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.782 per 1,000. Strongest in South Dakota, Utah, and Nebraska.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Crew born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
South Dakota 50 2.69 +244%
Utah 231 2.42 +209%
Nebraska 105 2.41 +209%
North Dakota 41 2.40 +207%
Iowa 154 2.23 +186%
Delaware 33 2.18 +178%
Maine 38 1.96 +150%
New Hampshire 40 1.80 +130%
West Virginia 57 1.75 +123%
Idaho 69 1.69 +116%
Ohio 446 1.68 +115%
Minnesota 205 1.67 +114%
Wisconsin 188 1.59 +103%
Kansas 106 1.55 +98%
Montana 27 1.53 +96%
Missouri 207 1.49 +91%
Oklahoma 116 1.31 +68%
Indiana 210 1.31 +67%
Michigan 266 1.30 +66%
Kentucky 130 1.30 +66%
Pennsylvania 324 1.22 +56%
Rhode Island 19 1.17 +49%
Tennessee 200 1.11 +42%
Arkansas 65 1.03 +31%
South Carolina 106 1.03 +31%
Colorado 130 1.01 +29%
Louisiana 98 0.958 +22%
North Carolina 241 0.944 +21%
Massachusetts 127 0.924 +18%
Oregon 69 0.909 +16%
Maryland 108 0.906 +16%
Washington 148 0.905 +16%
Illinois 230 0.900 +15%
Wyoming 5 0.864 +11%
Virginia 162 0.854 +9%
Arizona 138 0.843 +8%
Hawaii 12 0.773 ≈ national
Connecticut 52 0.768 ≈ national
New Jersey 141 0.700 -10%
Georgia 177 0.699 -11%
Florida 308 0.650 -17%
Mississippi 33 0.581 -26%
Alabama 63 0.576 -26%
Nevada 30 0.526 -33%
Texas 453 0.514 -34%
New York 198 0.457 -42%
California 331 0.362 -54%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
New Mexico – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Crew

Crew is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #256 in 2025 with 1,352 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1995, 12,580 American babies have been named Crew. Its peak came in 2024, when 1,420 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Crew stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Crew?

The median living Crew is about 4 years old; half are between 2 and 7. An estimated 12 thousand people named Crew are alive in the United States today.

median 4 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Crew year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 10 #9,594 1,352 #256
2024 5 #15,797 1,415 #250
2023 5 #15,717 1,325 #261
2022 8 #11,438 1,357 #254
2021 14 #7,721 1,306 #266
2020 12 #8,519 1,189 #284
2019 7 #12,743 995 #338
2018 – – 478 #579
2017 5 #16,425 340 #715
2016 – – 335 #731
2015 5 #17,042 346 #717
2014 – – 368 #685
2013 – – 317 #738
2012 – – 294 #773
2011 – – 210 #943
2010 – – 194 #1,009
2009 – – 144 #1,243
2008 – – 125 #1,363
2007 – – 98 #1,597
2006 – – 83 #1,701
2005 – – 49 #2,372
2004 – – 44 #2,496
2003 – – 22 #3,865
2002 – – 33 #2,825
2001 – – 26 #3,337
2000 – – 16 #4,620
1995 – – 6 #7,985
1990 – – – –
1985 – – – –
1980 – – – –
1975 – – – –
1970 – – – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Crew, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Crew?

The median living Crew is about 4 years old. Half of all living Crews are between 2 and 7 years old.

How many people named Crew are alive today?

An estimated 12 thousand people named Crew are alive in the United States, based on 12,580 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Crew mean?

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

How popular is the name Crew in 2025?

Crew ranked #256 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,352 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Crew?

12,580 babies have been named Crew in the United States since 1995, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Crew most popular?

Crew peaked in 2024, when 1,420 newborns received the name.

Is Crew a boy or girl name?

Crew is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Crew rising or falling?

Crew is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Crew become more popular?

Crew is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,972 boys named Crew in 2030, which would rank around #187. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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