Krosby
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Krosby is a boys' name, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Krosby mean?
Spelling of Crosby
“cross”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Meaning borrowed from Crosby. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Krosby a girl's or a boy's name?
Krosby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Krosby in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010. 5 girls were also named Krosby in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Krosby in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Krosby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
Names like Krosby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Kaizen, Kylo, Kenzo, Kashton, Ares, Bellamy, Kyaire, Thiago, Koa, Kyrie, Kasai
Names related to Krosby
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, “Krosby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/krosby, updated 20 October 2026.