Crewe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KROO
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Crewe is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “weir; fish trap”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Crewe mean?
English: English place name, probably from Welsh cryw
“weir; fish trap”
Crewe in Cheshire grew into one of Britain's best-known railway junction towns.
Is Crewe a girl's or a boy's name?
Crewe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Crewe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Crewe, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Crewe of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
In 2025, 78 boys in the UK were given Crewe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Crewe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
How popular is Crewe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Crewe, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had the most boys named Crewe of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Crewe in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,614 boys in the US were given Crewe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Crewe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Crewe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cove Albie Ace Rome Jude Oakley Rafe Tate Archer Cooper Cole Hudson
Other spellings of Crewe
Names related to Crewe
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Crewe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/crewe, updated 20 October 2026.