Crew

Crew: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“group, band”
Origin
English
Say it
KROO · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

From the English word 'crew,' used as a modern given name. As a first name it is a recent word-name rather than a traditional personal name.

How popular is Crew?

2024426 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Crew in 20241,418

2024 rank#250 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188011,214

Crew is rising: use over the last five years is 5.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Crew

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Krewfrom crew, a group or team · American (modern coinage)
  • Cruemodern spelling of Crew · American (modern coinage)
  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English

Crew questions

What does the name Crew mean?

Crew means "group, band". It comes from English. From the English word 'crew,' used as a modern given name. As a first name it is a recent word-name rather than a traditional personal name.

Is Crew a boy or girl name?

Crew is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Crew?

1,418 US babies were named Crew in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Crew?

Crew is usually pronounced KROO.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.