Crosby
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,235 for boys
Crosby is a name, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 1,235th for boys in the US (162 babies).
What does Crosby mean?
“cross”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Crosby a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Crosby has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls and 162 boys in the US.
How popular is Crosby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,235among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 162about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 162 boys in the US were named Crosby, making it the 1,235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 802nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 484 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 34 girls were also named Crosby in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Crosby than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Crosby in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Crosby in the US were girls.
Crosby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #1,235 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,196 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,053 |
| 2022 | 218 | #1,021 |
| 2021 | 240 | #943 |
| 2020 | 289 | #802 |
| 2019 | 299 | #779 |
| 2018 | 345 | #701 |
| 2017 | 418 | #624 |
| 2016 | 428 | #625 |
| 2015 | 484 | #578 |
| 2014 | 435 | #615 |
| 2013 | 378 | #647 |
| 2012 | 352 | #671 |
| 2011 | 306 | #740 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Crosby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Crosby
Sources
Figures from 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, “Crosby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/crosby, updated 20 October 2026.