How rare is the name Crosby?

4,723 people in the United States have the first name Crosby, about 1 in 63,949. It ranks #4,090 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CROSBY

#4,090

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,723
About
1 in 63,949
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,723 people named Crosby, 87.4% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% as two or more races. 90.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Crosby peaked in 2015, when 503 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
503
In 2025*
196 ▼61%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,490 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Crosby by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,375. The largest share of babies named Crosby, 68.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,58755
1920s#6,72965
1930s#5,55573
1940s#5,58083
1950s#6,99471
1960s#8,55457
1970s#12,02849
1980s#8,727124
1990s#7,451225
2000s#7,210324
2010s#1,3753,865
2020s#1,9101,499
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–642.2%
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1219.9%
2013 and later68.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Crosby is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Crosby has been most common in Minnesota (6.3×), North Dakota (5.3×), and Colorado (3.6×), and least common in New York (0.5×).

4,191 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Crosby

1 other first name also has 4,723 people.

#4,090 Meera · 4,723

Either side of Crosby

#4,088 Bridger · 4,727#4,089 Konner · 4,725#4,090 Meera · 4,723#4,092 Dallin · 4,719

Also a last name

As a last name, Crosby ranks #874 of 156,621, with 39,086 people. See Crosby as a last name

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