Crosby

A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning settlement with crosses.

Babies a year
438
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Crosby has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2021. Lower is more popular.
#501#759#1017201520182021#940

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#578
2016#625
2017#626
2018#702
2019#779
2020#800
2021#940

Crosby by the numbers

Crosby was given to 438 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 484 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Colbycoal town; a place name surname222 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Crosleycross meadow; place name surname22 in the US (2017)
  • Cristyfollower of christ; a form of Christina17 in the US (2017)
  • Cross34 in the US (2017)

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