Krew
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Meaning
variant of Crew: either a surname from the town of Crewe (Old Welsh criu, "weir") or the English word for a group of people
The story
Krew is a variant of Crew, and Crew, Behind the Name says, is either from a surname from the English town of Crewe, whose name comes from an Old Welsh word for a weir, or from the English vocabulary word for a group of people. The source offers both readings and closes neither. The records date the K spelling cleanly: no appearance in the published record before the 2000s, about 220 boys that decade, about 1,300 in the 2010s, and about 2,600 so far this decade, a tiny girls' line alongside. A Welsh river-works on one reading, a word for belonging on the other: the name carries the ambiguity intact, the way the source wrote it, and its young record grows either way.
How popular is Krew around the world?
In the United States, 2,661 babies were named Krew between 2020 and 2025.
Krew is on the official records of the United States, Canada, South Australia and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 8,200
In the United States, 2,661 babies were named Krew between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Krew peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 12,000
In Canada, 30 boys named Krew were born in 2024, the 857th 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)
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Krew in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 120,000
In England and Wales, 5 boys named Krew were born in 2025, ranked 3,684th among boys that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
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 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 Krew
Most people given the name Krew 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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