Given name & surname · also American
Cramer
“filled with joy”·“a peddler”
Cramer is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “filled with joy” (American) and “a peddler” (German). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original GermanKramer
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “filled with joy” (American) and “a peddler” (German). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with American and German naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cramer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 55 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 as a first name in 2020; 28,465 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cramer’s family of names
Cramer has a related form in Craemar. Cramer has a related form in Craemer. Cramer has a related form in Craemir.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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