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Crispin

Boy · Latin

Crispin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “curly”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).

What does Crispin mean?

Latin

“curly”

A male given name from Latin.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Crispin a girl's or a boy's name?

Crispin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Crispin in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Crispin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20022024
Crispin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20243#5,198
20230–
20221#6,413
20210–
20203#4,803
20194#4,126
20180–
20174#4,161
20160–
20155#3,527
20143#4,829
20130–
20126#3,167
20114#3,986
20100–
20093#4,691
20084#3,836
20071#5,736
20066#2,645
20054#3,330
20043#3,792
20033#3,593
20029#1,594
20015#2,326
20003#3,146
19997#1,749
19986#1,932
19970–
19965#2,094

How popular is Crispin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,397among boys
Babies in 2025
17about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Crispin, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Crispin in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 39 in 20072025
Crispin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202517#5,397
202412#6,827
202311#7,284
202218#5,211
202114#6,027
202014#5,976
201922#4,476
201816#5,536
201715#5,784
201615#5,785
201528#3,774
201427#3,784
201312#6,598
201213#6,300
201121#4,507
201020#4,676
200925#4,033
200819#4,897
200739#2,972
200618#4,861
200531#3,237
200426#3,530
200318#4,421
200220#4,038
200112#5,660
200025#3,293
199929#2,861
199820#3,593
199726#2,899
199622#3,197
199520#3,298
199416#3,905
199314#4,220
199223#2,903
199119#3,218
199014#3,965
198924#2,609
198816#3,198
198714#3,334
198619#2,681
198518#2,708
198415#2,955
198324#2,139
198220#2,425
198123#2,203
198024#2,162
197923#2,156
197827#1,870
197729#1,780
197626#1,872
197527#1,786
197423#1,934
197323#1,870
197227#1,680
197131#1,559
197024#1,793
196921#1,809
196815#2,108
196718#1,852
19669#2,783
196516#1,986
196414#2,204
196312#2,413
196216#2,034
196117#1,996
196015#2,120
19598#3,036
19588#3,031
195718#1,886
195620#1,764
195521#1,681
195416#1,955
195316#1,957
195215#2,009
195119#1,724
195017#1,814
194910#2,452
194817#1,816
194711#2,355
194616#1,812
194515#1,771
194411#2,194
194310#2,404
194212#2,144
194114#1,903
194011#2,179
19395#3,479
19389#2,479
19370–
193611#2,184
193511#2,246
193413#2,022
19339#2,541
19320–
193115#1,927
193010#2,607
192910#2,588
192810#2,659
192711#2,523
19267#3,383
19255#4,195
19245#4,345
19237#3,465
192210#2,800
192116#2,058
19207#3,488
191912#2,384
191810#2,698
19177#3,216
19165#3,896
19157#3,081

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