Meaning and history
Craig comes from the Scottish surname Craig, which was derived from Gaelic creag, meaning “crag, rocks, outcrop,” and originally referred to someone who lived near a crag.
20062006: 463 births, rank #547
2007: 471 births, rank #546
2008: 428 births, rank #589
2009: 368 births, rank #666
2010: 362 births, rank #664
20112011: 272 births, rank #805
2012: 291 births, rank #778
2013: 268 births, rank #813
2014: 228 births, rank #931
2015: 237 births, rank #908
20162016: 238 births, rank #904
2017: 210 births, rank #980
2018: 161 births, rank #1,181
2019: 205 births, rank #1,013
2020: 149 births, rank #1,245
20212021: 125 births, rank #1,442
2022: 121 births, rank #1,496
2023: 115 births, rank #1,530
2024: 88 births, rank #1,833
20252025: 102 births, rank #1,644
Craig moved from #905 to #980 for boys between 2016 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 10,724 births.