How Many People Are Named Crawford?
people named Crawford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 146,625 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,766 babies named Crawford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
88 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Crawford, 2.4% were girls and 97.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 9.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Crawford alive today is about 35 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Crawford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 88 babies. In 2025, 78 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Crawford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #443, in 1896. In 2025 it ranked #2,097.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,097 |
| Best rank | #443 (1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #842 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Crawford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Crawford were born in Texas than in any other state: about 246 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Crawford was given 9.8 times as often in Georgia, 6 times in Alabama and 3.7 times in North Carolina.
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