Crew

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning increase or growth; a group of people.

Babies a year
344
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#256
down from #250
UK popularity
#1307
21 babies

How Crew has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#190#491#791201520202025#256

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#717
2016#731
2017#715
2018#578
2019#337
2020#284
2021#266
2022#254
2023#260
2024#250
2025#256

Crew by the numbers

In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Crew. In the US, 344 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 368 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Crew. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Creea Native American people and language23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Crewefrom a place name, possibly related to crew or crook5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Crews9 in the US (2017)
  • Creo5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Crew

Names that are said the same way as Crew, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Krew172 in the US (2017)
  • Cru64 in the US (2017)
  • Crue23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krue29 in the US (2017)
  • Kru12 in the US (2017)
  • Krewe5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Crew

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