Craig
Boy · KRAYG · Scottish
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Craig is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “rock, crag”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 1,644th for boys in the US (102 babies).
What does Craig mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname, from Gaelic creag
“rock, crag”
From a Scottish surname for someone who lived near a crag or rocky outcrop.
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Is Craig a girl's or a boy's name?
Craig is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 102 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Craig in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Craig, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,197 boys.
Half of all the boys named Craig in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#60), 1974 (#28), 1984 (#19) and 1994 (#61).
Craig in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 45 | #817 |
| 2016 | 43 | #822 |
| 2015 | 76 | #562 |
| 2014 | 82 | #532 |
| 2013 | 76 | #538 |
| 2012 | 104 | #426 |
| 2011 | 124 | #374 |
| 2010 | 142 | #339 |
| 2009 | 195 | #257 |
| 2008 | 190 | #258 |
| 2007 | 206 | #236 |
| 2006 | 239 | #202 |
| 2005 | 297 | #174 |
| 2004 | 348 | #151 |
| 2003 | 412 | #136 |
| 2002 | 457 | #120 |
| 2001 | 625 | #99 |
| 2000 | 696 | #90 |
| 1999 | 762 | #84 |
| 1998 | 922 | #75 |
| 1997 | 1,036 | #74 |
| 1996 | 1,197 | #63 |
How popular is Craig in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,644among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 102about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 102 boys in the US were named Craig, making it the 1,644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,245th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 10,724 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Craig in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Craig in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,644 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,442 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,245 |
| 2019 | 205 | #1,013 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,181 |
| 2017 | 210 | #980 |
| 2016 | 238 | #904 |
| 2015 | 237 | #908 |
| 2014 | 228 | #931 |
| 2013 | 268 | #813 |
| 2012 | 291 | #778 |
| 2011 | 272 | #805 |
| 2010 | 362 | #664 |
| 2009 | 368 | #666 |
| 2008 | 428 | #589 |
| 2007 | 471 | #546 |
| 2006 | 463 | #547 |
| 2005 | 504 | #491 |
| 2004 | 523 | #479 |
| 2003 | 607 | #424 |
| 2002 | 689 | #379 |
| 2001 | 682 | #381 |
| 2000 | 808 | #339 |
| 1999 | 854 | #327 |
| 1998 | 880 | #315 |
| 1997 | 1,098 | #257 |
| 1996 | 1,198 | #247 |
| 1995 | 1,355 | #219 |
| 1994 | 1,507 | #198 |
| 1993 | 1,837 | #175 |
| 1992 | 2,070 | #154 |
| 1991 | 2,399 | #135 |
| 1990 | 2,907 | #117 |
| 1989 | 3,155 | #105 |
| 1988 | 3,306 | #96 |
| 1987 | 3,364 | #88 |
| 1986 | 3,926 | #80 |
| 1985 | 3,952 | #79 |
| 1984 | 3,959 | #75 |
| 1983 | 4,084 | #70 |
| 1982 | 4,018 | #73 |
| 1981 | 4,097 | #72 |
| 1980 | 4,234 | #73 |
| 1979 | 4,029 | #77 |
| 1978 | 4,472 | #66 |
| 1977 | 4,560 | #64 |
| 1976 | 4,732 | #61 |
| 1975 | 5,110 | #58 |
| 1974 | 5,539 | #57 |
| 1973 | 6,295 | #48 |
| 1972 | 6,729 | #46 |
| 1971 | 7,957 | #43 |
| 1970 | 9,364 | #39 |
| 1969 | 8,783 | #39 |
| 1968 | 7,858 | #41 |
| 1967 | 7,311 | #46 |
| 1966 | 7,729 | #46 |
| 1965 | 7,877 | #46 |
| 1964 | 7,752 | #48 |
| 1963 | 7,899 | #51 |
| 1962 | 8,544 | #51 |
| 1961 | 10,235 | #43 |
| 1960 | 10,724 | #41 |
| 1959 | 9,933 | #44 |
| 1958 | 7,272 | #53 |
| 1957 | 7,069 | #55 |
| 1956 | 7,422 | #51 |
| 1955 | 7,448 | #50 |
| 1954 | 7,180 | #51 |
| 1953 | 6,459 | #60 |
| 1952 | 6,187 | #59 |
| 1951 | 5,623 | #63 |
| 1950 | 4,888 | #69 |
| 1949 | 4,328 | #77 |
| 1948 | 3,985 | #82 |
| 1947 | 3,640 | #93 |
| 1946 | 2,471 | #108 |
| 1945 | 1,597 | #134 |
| 1944 | 1,321 | #151 |
| 1943 | 1,132 | #164 |
| 1942 | 892 | #175 |
| 1941 | 539 | #235 |
| 1940 | 384 | #284 |
| 1939 | 348 | #300 |
| 1938 | 321 | #307 |
| 1937 | 330 | #297 |
| 1936 | 205 | #384 |
| 1935 | 170 | #430 |
| 1934 | 138 | #487 |
| 1933 | 111 | #540 |
| 1932 | 106 | #576 |
| 1931 | 112 | #554 |
| 1930 | 105 | #584 |
| 1929 | 106 | #580 |
| 1928 | 85 | #685 |
| 1927 | 102 | #619 |
| 1926 | 80 | #712 |
| 1925 | 97 | #645 |
| 1924 | 87 | #704 |
| 1923 | 112 | #596 |
| 1922 | 81 | #730 |
| 1921 | 80 | #737 |
| 1920 | 77 | #744 |
| 1919 | 57 | #877 |
| 1918 | 89 | #651 |
| 1917 | 59 | #833 |
| 1916 | 57 | #824 |
| 1915 | 72 | #681 |
| 1914 | 38 | #884 |
| 1913 | 37 | #777 |
| 1912 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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