Recorded 1939–2020 · United States
Kraig was most popular in 1968, when 212 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,165 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,951 people named Kraig.
Kraig first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1939, which makes it about 86 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 80 of the 87 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,951 American births named Kraig between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,146 are estimated to be alive today.
Kraig was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Kraig is out of use. It averaged 11 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kraig is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 5,951 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,146 Americans named Kraig are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 54 years old, and half are between 40 and 62.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Craig · Gaelic · "rock"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org