Crimson
#4,792 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Crimson has been given to 1,836 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #4,792 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 70 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% girls, 30% boys all-time.
Babies named Crimson, 2025
1 in 118,000
Crimson over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Crimson over time
In 2025, Crimson went to 60% girls and 40% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Crimson?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 118,000
- 28 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 57,400
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #4,792
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 82,069 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Crimson sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Crimson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Crimsons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Crimson was born before 2012 — so the typical Crimson is around 13 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 42.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 79.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,278
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 42.8% of all recorded uses (547).
Is Crimson 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
- −569
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −605
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,974
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.45×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 40.0%
- Peak was 2016 (70)
- Years since peak
- 9
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.0% average annual change
Where Crimson is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Crimson was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 144,661 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Crimson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Crimson is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Crimson was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 325,290 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 33,333
- 2Tennessee1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Florida1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
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. Crimson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Crimson around the world
Where Crimson 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 & Wales2013–2022#5,670in 2022
- Canada2004–2018#2,940in 2018
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Crimson by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Crimson
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Crimson
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.