Cranston is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2010. Cranston first appears in 1917 and peaked in 1990 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #12,619 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #10,215 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #11,216 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #6,955 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,451 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #4,454 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | #8,123 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,603 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,445 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,730 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,554 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #5,044 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #4,936 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,077 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,402 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #4,265 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,143 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,510 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,242 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,053 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,600 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,159 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,096 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #2,706 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,149 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #2,568 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,340 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #2,532 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | #2,514 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #2,456 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,784 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | #2,420 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #2,916 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,125 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,816 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #2,483 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,056 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,702 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,569 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,410 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,596 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,290 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,554 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #3,427 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,342 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,318 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #3,957 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,441 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,290 |