girls:
1.2k births since 1974
#4503 (21st percentile)
boys:
507 births since 1998
#4079 (11th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1974
#6028 (22nd percentile)
The name Crimson is the #6,028 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,723 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 22.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,503 (21.2% percentile) for all time with 1,216 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,079 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 507 births since 1998.
Crimson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1998 for boys). Birth data for Crimson is available in 48 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (48 years for girls and 24 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Crimson has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 58.6% of babies named Crimson were girls.
For girls, Crimson reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #892) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Crimson ranks #911 for girls (3.8% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 64.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Crimson reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #882) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Crimson ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 72.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Crimson".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Crimson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.8% confident that Crimson is pronounced as KRIHM-zuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIHM-suhn, at 36.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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