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Crispin

#5,430 in 2025Boys' name

Curly

Crispin has been given to 1,823 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #5,430 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 39 recorded.

Babies named Crispin, 2025

1 in 195,000

Crispin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Crispin: meaning, origin, and history

Curly

Latin and Spanish

What Crispin means

Crispin means “curly”, associated with Crispus.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin Crispinus, derivative of the Roman family name Crispus (“curly”). Alternatively, contraction of Crispus (“hair”) and pinus (“pine”), according to Miraculum Quo Beata Maria Subvenit Guillelmo Crispino

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Crispin (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Crispin is used in English, Cebuano and Tagalog. Its origins include Latin and Spanish.

Crispin comes through Latin Crispinus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Crispus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Crispin is pronounced /ˈkɹɪspɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,818 boys were recorded with the name Crispin between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 39 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,562 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,033 in 2020 to #5,430 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,803 in 2015 to #5,430 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Crispin between 1967 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1967; its best national rank was #6,979 in 1967.

How common is Crispin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,430
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Crispin 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Crispin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Crispins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Crispin was born before 1979 — so the typical Crispin is around 46 today.

Median birth year
1979
About 46 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
14.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
26.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,479
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Choose a decade

1970s — 14.3% of all recorded uses (260).

Is Crispin 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
+1,480
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+603
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,627
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.61×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.6%
Peak was 2007 (39)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,562
1971

Spellings of Crispin

Crispin is not the most common spelling — Cristian is, with 83.1% against Crispin's 2.2%.

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 Crispin is used

Across 1910–2025, Crispin was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 71,792 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 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. Crispin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Crispin around the world

Where Crispin 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
    1996–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1902–1902
    #683
    in 1902
  • Canada
    2005–2005
    #2,303
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1959–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Crispin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,430
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 603
Best rank ever
#1,562
1971
Peak year
2007
39 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,818
Count in 2025
17

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,979
1967
Peak year
1967
5 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
1967
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Crispin

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

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Sibling names for Crispin

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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