Crewe

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from a place name, possibly related to crew or crook.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies

Crewe by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Crewe. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Crewincrease or growth; a group of people344 in the US (2017)
  • Creea Native American people and language23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Crews9 in the US (2017)
  • CreedI believe; from Latin credo194 in the US (2017)
  • Cruzecross; a modern respelling of Cruz34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cletefamous; a form of Cletus6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Crewe

Names that are said the same way as Crewe, 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 Crewe

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