# Crispin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/crispin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “curly”, “hair”, “pine” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɪspɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,823 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,818 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 87, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Crispinus, derivative of the Roman family name Crispus (“curly”). Alternatively, contraction of Crispus (“hair”) and pinus (“pine”), according to Miraculum Quo Beata Maria Subvenit Guillelmo Crispino

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | 6,980 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,533 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,390 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,689 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,810 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,804 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,842 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,855 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,589 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,511 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,037 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,091 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,253 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,375 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,915 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,432 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | 1,519 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- French: Crépin
- Italian: Crispino
- Polish: Kryspin
- Portuguese: Crispim, Crispino
- Spanish: Crispín

## People named Crispin

- Crispin Glover, American actor
- Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
- Crispin Bonham-Carter, British actor
- Crispin Duenas, Canadian archer
- Crispin Wright, British philosopher
- Crispin Tickell, British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic (1930–2022)
- Crispin Blunt, British politician
- Crispin Barrete Varquez, Filipino Roman Catholic bishop

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.