Crawford
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning crow ford; a place name used as a given name.
Babies a year
50
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Crawford by the numbers
Crawford was given to 50 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 88 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Crawford. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cliffordford by a cliff or steep bank159 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Crawford, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Crawford, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Crawford
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