Crimson
Recorded 1974–2025 · United States
Crimson was most popular in 2016, when 114 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,257 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,836 people named Crimson.
Crimson over time
How old is the name Crimson?
Crimson first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1974, which makes it about 51 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 52 years since.
How many people are named Crimson?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,836 American births named Crimson between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,818 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Crimson in 2025?
47 American babies were named Crimson in 2025, ranking #5,826 that year.
Is Crimson getting more or less popular?
Crimson is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 66 births a year, against 84 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Crimson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Crimson is a unisex name — 69.6% of the 1,836 Americans given it were girls and 30.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 60% girls and 40% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Crimson?
Roughly 1,818 Americans named Crimson are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 7 and 19. That is a narrow band because Crimson is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Crimson is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org