Crew

What Crew means

Means “weir”

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Crew” (revision 92250962), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Crew?

US: Rising: up from #717 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,415 boys got the name (#250 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 1,263 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,949 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (2.95 per 1,000 boys), NE (2.49 per 1,000 boys), RI (2.24 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Crew is #256 in the US and #1307 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Crew were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Krew476 US · 5 E&W
• Grey222 US · 13 E&W
• Cru105 US · 4 E&W
• Cree39 US · 23 E&W
• Kree35 US · 4 E&W
• Crow7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Crew

Boys

• Zayne#473Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Jax#342Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Bridger#701From the word “bridge”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025

For a sister

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Monroe#467Editor’s note Used for both: 81% of US babies named Monroe in 2025 were girls
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Kinslee#955Variant of Kinsley, meaning “Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland…^*
• Finley#415Editor’s note Used for both: 43% of US babies named Finley in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Crew’s. Rank is US 2025.