How Many People Are Named Cranston?
An estimated 260 people in the United States have the first name Cranston. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 58 years old, and Cranston peaked in popularity in 1958 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cranston as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cranston paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
260
About 1 in 1,318,286 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
58
years old
Peak Year
1958
12 births
Total Registered
364
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cranston
Cranston is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 364 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cranston as a male name
Ranked #12,617 in 2010
5 male births in 2010
Peak: 1958 (12 births)
Cranston: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cranston span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 83 babies were registered. Cranston has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cranston by Decade
How has Cranston tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cranston + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cranston as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cranston
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cranston: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cranston?
We estimate approximately 260 people named Cranston are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,318,286 Americans share this first name.
Is Cranston a common name?
Cranston is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 364 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cranston most popular?
Cranston reached peak popularity in 1958, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cranston is approximately 58 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cranston a male name?
Cranston is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cranston Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cranston Smith, Cranston Johnson, Cranston Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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