boy's name
Crew
KROO
- Origin English
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 1
- Letters 4
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 13,065
the United States
#256
2025 births
Crew is a boy's name taken from the English word for a group working together, which comes through French from a Latin verb meaning to grow. It doubles as a spelling of the Cheshire place name Crewe, and its use as a first name is very recent.
- Crew is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 2024, when 1,420 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,434 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1995.
- 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.
Crew over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 48 |
| 2000s | 640 |
| 2010s | 3,894 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 7,998 |
What Crew means
Crew names a body of people working as one — a ship's crew, a flight crew, a rowing crew. The sense of a team pulling in the same direction is what families choosing it are reaching for, rather than any older personal name.
Where Crew comes from
Crew comes from the Middle English crue, from the Old French creue, an increase or reinforcement, from the Latin crescere, to grow. Its earliest English sense was a body of soldiers sent to reinforce a company, and it narrowed to a ship's company and then to any working team. The place name Crewe in Cheshire is separate, generally derived from a Welsh word for a weir or a crossing of stepping stones, and the town's fame as a railway junction gave it a surname life of its own. As a given name Crew appears in our records only from 1995, making it one of the newest names in the English-speaking top 1,000.
Crew in use
Crew first appears in our records in 1995 and charts in only three of the seven countries we track.
How popular is Crew?
In 2025, Crew was given to 1,362 babies in the United States, ranking #256 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Crew is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Crew
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Crew also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Crew over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Crew in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Crew
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Crew — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Crew
What does the name Crew mean?
A group working together. The word comes through Old French from the Latin crescere, to grow, and originally meant a body of reinforcements.
Is Crew a boy's or a girl's name?
It is given almost entirely to boys.
How new is the name Crew?
Very. It first appears in the birth records we hold in 1995.
How popular is the name Crew?
In 2025, Crew was given to 1,362 babies in the United States, ranking #256 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
How many syllables are in Crew?
Crew has 1 syllable.
When was Crew most popular?
Crew peaked in 2024, when 1,420 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Crew a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Crew currently ranks #256 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.