Craig is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “rock.” In 2024 it was given to 88 boys in the United States.
Craig at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“rock”
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹeɪ̯ɡ/
About the name Craig
Craig belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “rock” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Craig first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #39 in 1969, and in 2024 88 babies received the name — 299,522 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.