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Crawford

#2,097 in 2025Boys' name

Crow ford

Crawford has been given to 4,766 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,097 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1924, with 88 recorded.

Babies named Crawford, 2025

1 in 47,400

Crawford over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Crawford: meaning, origin, and history

Crow ford

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Crawford means

Crawford means “crow ford”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,710 boys were recorded with the name Crawford between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 88 in 1924; its best national rank was #443 in 1896.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,297 in 2020 to #2,097 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,172 in 2015 to #2,097 in 2025.

In the United States, 56 girls were recorded with the name Crawford between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2022; its best national rank was #11,154 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,918 in 2015 to #11,154 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Crawford?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 47,400
70 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 24,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,097
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
32,828 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Crawford sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 32,828 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Crawford. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Crawfords were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Crawford was born before 1947 — so the typical Crawford is around 78 today.

Median birth year
1947
About 78 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
13.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,242
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Choose a decade

1920s — 13.7% of all recorded uses (643).

Is Crawford rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+471
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+200
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+75
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.11×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.5%
Peak was 1924 (88)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#443
1896

Spellings of Crawford

Crawford is not the most common spelling — Bradford is, with 71.7% against Crawford's 10.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Crawford is used

Across 1910–2025, Crawford was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 76,839 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 12,500
  2. 2Alabama1 in 16,667
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 33,333
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 50,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 50,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Crawford has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Crawford around the world

Where Crawford ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • Scotland
    1974–2018
    #704
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1994–2016
    #2,748
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    1944–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Crawford

People whose public names include Crawford, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Crawford in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Crawford. Linked forms have their own page here.

Crauford

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Crawford by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,097
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 200
Best rank ever
#443
1896
Peak year
1924
88 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,710
Count in 2025
70

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,154
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#11,154
2025
Peak year
2022
8 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
56
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Crawford

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CranfordStanfordStaffordRayfordRexfordWilfordRockfordSanfordBradfordWinfordWoodfordRadfordGaylordBufordHartfordMilfordCranstonCraytonAlfordCrandallBeaufordCravenAshfordManford

Names with a curve like Crawford

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Crawford, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Crawford

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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