Crispus

Boys' name

Curly

Crispus has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Crispus, 1975

1 in 431,000

Crispus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Crispus: meaning, origin, and history

Curly

Latin

What Crispus means

Crispus means “curly”, associated with crispus.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Latin Crispus, a Roman gens name from crispus (“curly”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Crispus is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Crispus comes through Latin Crispus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 boys were recorded with the name Crispus between 1975 and 1975. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1975; its best national rank was #4,404 in 1975.

How common is Crispus?

Crispus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1975, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1975: 1 in 431,000; 7 of 3,019,126 births
Among boys only: 1 in 223,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1975: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 298,958 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Crispus 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 1975 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 298,958 children born in 1975 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Crispus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Crispuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Crispus was born before 1975 — so the typical Crispus is around 50 today.

Median birth year: 1975; About 50 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Crispus 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1975 (7)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,404; 1975

Spellings of Crispus

Crispus is not the most common spelling — Crispin is, with 75.0% against Crispus's 0.29%.

Crispin75.0%1,818
Criss24.7%598
Crispus0.29%7

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.

Crispus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,404; 1975
Peak year: 1975; 7 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 1975
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Crispus

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

Crishon Crishaun Criztian Olympus Crisangel Crichton Cristos Cristien Cristal Cristyan Cristain Crishawn Cristion Cristoffer Crissangel Criston Cristin Cristen Crisanto Crixus Capus Crimson Cristan Cristy

Sibling names for Crispus

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

For a sister

Karie Brandee Sunshine Kisha Ami Susannah Misti Kesha

For a brother

Giuseppe Abdul Demond Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Erin

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