first name
KRAIG
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,937 people named Kraig, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 2.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kraig peaked in 1968, when 212 babies got the name.
At least 5,951 babies have been given the name since 1939. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Kraig by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,298. The largest share of babies named Kraig, 38%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Kraig is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kraig has been most common in Minnesota (4.8×), Wisconsin (3.8×), and Michigan (3.2×), and least common in Texas (0.36×).
3,289 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.
Either side of Kraig
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kraig, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kraig ranks #85,600 of 156,621, with 235 people. See Kraig as a last name
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