Craig was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #39 in 1969 but is far less common today.
Craig is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,644 for boy births in the United States (and #3,489 across all names), given to 102 babies. Craig first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1960 (10,724 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,644 |
| 2024 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,836 |
| 2023 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,531 |
| 2022 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,499 |
| 2021 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,444 |
| 2020 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,245 |
| 2019 | 205 | 205 | — | #1,013 |
| 2018 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,181 |
| 2017 | 210 | 210 | — | #980 |
| 2016 | 238 | 238 | — | #905 |
| 2015 | 237 | 237 | — | #910 |
| 2014 | 228 | 228 | — | #931 |
| 2013 | 268 | 268 | — | #814 |
| 2012 | 291 | 291 | — | #778 |
| 2011 | 272 | 272 | — | #806 |
| 2010 | 362 | 362 | — | #664 |
| 2009 | 368 | 368 | — | #666 |
| 2008 | 428 | 428 | — | #589 |
| 2007 | 471 | 471 | — | #546 |
| 2006 | 463 | 463 | — | #547 |
| 2005 | 504 | 504 | — | #491 |
| 2004 | 523 | 523 | — | #479 |
| 2003 | 607 | 607 | — | #424 |
| 2002 | 689 | 689 | — | #379 |
| 2001 | 682 | 682 | — | #381 |
| 2000 | 808 | 808 | — | #340 |
| 1999 | 854 | 854 | — | #327 |
| 1998 | 880 | 880 | — | #315 |
| 1997 | 1,098 | — | — | #257 |
| 1996 | 1,203 | — | #13,976 | #247 |
| 1995 | 1,360 | — | #13,893 | #219 |
| 1994 | 1,507 | — | — | #198 |
| 1993 | 1,837 | — | — | #175 |
| 1992 | 2,075 | — | #13,746 | #154 |
| 1991 | 2,405 | — | #11,827 | #135 |
| 1990 | 2,921 | — | #6,193 | #117 |
| 1989 | 3,167 | — | #6,627 | #105 |
| 1988 | 3,329 | — | #3,915 | #96 |
| 1987 | 3,389 | — | #3,540 | #88 |
| 1986 | 3,948 | — | #3,780 | #80 |
| 1985 | 3,971 | — | #4,162 | #79 |
| 1984 | 3,985 | — | #3,246 | #75 |
| 1983 | 4,112 | — | #2,994 | #70 |
| 1982 | 4,037 | — | #4,050 | #73 |
| 1981 | 4,122 | — | #3,357 | #72 |
| 1980 | 4,251 | — | #4,362 | #73 |
| 1979 | 4,050 | — | #3,689 | #77 |
| 1978 | 4,489 | — | #4,105 | #66 |
| 1977 | 4,586 | — | #3,016 | #64 |
| 1976 | 4,759 | — | #2,808 | #61 |
| 1975 | 5,124 | — | #4,397 | #58 |
| 1974 | 5,560 | — | #3,228 | #57 |
| 1973 | 6,326 | — | #2,416 | #48 |
| 1972 | 6,768 | — | #2,028 | #46 |
| 1971 | 7,992 | — | #2,257 | #43 |
| 1970 | 9,410 | — | #1,879 | #39 |
| 1969 | 8,815 | — | #2,261 | #39 |
| 1968 | 7,896 | — | #1,944 | #41 |
| 1967 | 7,338 | — | #2,332 | #46 |
| 1966 | 7,754 | — | #2,412 | #46 |
| 1965 | 7,896 | — | #2,852 | #46 |
| 1964 | 7,772 | — | #2,839 | #48 |
| 1963 | 7,919 | — | #2,795 | #51 |
| 1962 | 8,571 | — | #2,319 | #51 |
| 1961 | 10,259 | — | #2,483 | #43 |
| 1960 | 10,744 | — | #2,752 | #41 |
| 1959 | 9,961 | — | #2,161 | #44 |
| 1958 | 7,292 | — | #2,591 | #53 |
| 1957 | 7,091 | — | #2,428 | #55 |
| 1956 | 7,431 | — | #4,223 | #51 |
| 1955 | 7,467 | — | #2,564 | #50 |
| 1954 | 7,188 | — | #4,350 | #51 |
| 1953 | 6,470 | — | #3,518 | #60 |
| 1952 | 6,205 | — | #2,510 | #59 |
| 1951 | 5,637 | — | #2,834 | #63 |
| 1950 | 4,900 | — | #3,095 | #69 |
| 1949 | 4,339 | — | #3,225 | #77 |
| 1948 | 3,995 | — | #3,397 | #82 |
| 1947 | 3,652 | — | #3,093 | #93 |
| 1946 | 2,480 | — | #3,463 | #108 |
| 1945 | 1,604 | — | #3,736 | #134 |
| 1944 | 1,321 | — | — | #151 |
| 1943 | 1,139 | — | #3,878 | #164 |
| 1942 | 897 | — | #4,752 | #175 |
| 1941 | 539 | — | — | #236 |
| 1940 | 384 | — | — | #285 |
| 1939 | 348 | — | — | #300 |
| 1938 | 321 | — | — | #307 |
| 1937 | 330 | — | — | #297 |
| 1936 | 205 | — | — | #384 |
| 1935 | 170 | — | — | #430 |
| 1934 | 138 | — | — | #487 |
| 1933 | 111 | — | — | #541 |
| 1932 | 106 | — | — | #576 |
| 1931 | 112 | — | — | #555 |
| 1930 | 105 | — | — | #585 |
| 1929 | 106 | — | — | #580 |
| 1928 | 85 | — | — | #687 |
| 1927 | 102 | — | — | #620 |
| 1926 | 80 | — | — | #713 |
| 1925 | 97 | — | — | #645 |
| 1924 | 87 | — | — | #705 |
| 1923 | 112 | — | — | #596 |
| 1922 | 81 | — | — | #730 |
| 1921 | 80 | — | — | #738 |
| 1920 | 82 | — | #5,140 | #746 |
| 1919 | 57 | — | — | #880 |
| 1918 | 94 | — | #4,982 | #653 |
| 1917 | 59 | — | — | #833 |
| 1916 | 57 | — | — | #825 |
| 1915 | 72 | — | — | #684 |
| 1914 | 38 | — | — | #886 |
| 1913 | 37 | — | — | #782 |
| 1912 | 26 | — | — | #883 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | — | #1,224 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #852 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #895 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #596 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #926 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #974 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | — | #918 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | — | #801 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #823 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #834 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #998 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #896 |