Given name & surname
Kraig
“from the rocky place; as solid as a rock”
Kraig is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the rocky place; as solid as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the rocky place; as solid as a rock.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kraig through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,951
- 5,951 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 212 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,937 as a first name in 2020; 235 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.
Kraig’s family of names
Kraig has a related form in Kraeg. Kraig has a related form in Kraege. Kraig has a related form in Krage.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kraig
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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