Crew
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Meaning
either a surname from the English town of Crewe (Old Welsh criu, "weir") or the English word for a group of people
The story
Crew is the team as a name, a word our records trace through Old French creue, and it is nearly brand new: about 50 in the 1990s, 640 in the 2000s, 3,900 in the 2010s, and already 8,000 so far this decade, more than double the full 2010s with years to run. The doubling decade began just after a Crew arrived in television's most-watched farmhouse family in 2018, the same home-renovation empire whose magnolia already shades another story on this site; decade buckets point, they do not convict. In our records it goes to boys about 12,500 to 70. It rows in the one-syllable word-boat with Cash and Colt, names that sound like decisions, and what it states is a wish as plain as Haven's: that a child arrive already belonging to a team. The word means people pulling together; the record shows families doing exactly that.
How popular is Crew around the world?
In the United States, 7,998 babies were named Crew between 2020 and 2025.
Crew is on the official records of the United States, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 2,700
In the United States, 7,998 babies were named Crew between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Crew peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 6,300
In Canada, 58 boys named Crew were born in 2024, the 503rd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 28,000
In England and Wales, 21 boys named Crew were born in 2025, ranked 1,307th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Crew
Most people given the name Crew in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Crew deep dive
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