Crew
A crew is a body or a group of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Crew
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A crew is a body or a group of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Crew
Crew first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1995, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 1,449 births, good for #245 nationwide. About 67% of every Crew on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Crew ranks #245 for baby boys with 1,449 births, rising sharply (+62% over the past five years). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Crew
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About the name Crew
Crew is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Crew's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #245. Use the chart and map above to compare Crew's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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