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How popular is the name Craig?
Births per year, rank history and how many Craigs are alive today.
Craig (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 10 in 2024, ranked 2264th. The name peaked in 1984, when around 5,400 babies were given the name, the 19th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 16,000 babies have been named Craig in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Craig you are most likely to meet is around 43 years old. Half of all Craigs born in England and Wales are between 40 and 54, and there are at least 110,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 30% chance that at least one of them will be called Craig.
How many babies are named Craig each year?
Where does Craig rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Craig most popular?
Craig peaked in 1984, when around 5,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Craig?
At least 110,000 people named Craig born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Craig?
Most living Craigs are between 40 and 54; the most common age is about 43.
Is Craig becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.