Krimson
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KRIM-zun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Krimson is a name of English origin, meaning “deep red”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Krimson mean?
English: creative spelling of the colour word crimson
“deep red”
A creative spelling of the colour crimson, a word that reached English from Arabic qirmiz via Spanish.
Is Krimson a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Krimson has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US.
How popular is Krimson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Krimson, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Krimson in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Krimson in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Krimson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leighton, Emerson, Sutton, Madisson, Navy, Kinsley, River, Sevyn, Karter, Lennon, Palmer, Harlow
Names related to Krimson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Krimson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/krimson, updated 20 October 2026.