How popular is the baby name Crosby in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Crosby.
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The surname Crosby began popping up in the U.S. baby name data in the 1910s, but it didn’t start to see significant usage until a century later.
After entering the boys’ top 1,000 for the first time in 2011, it reached peak popularity in 2015:
Boys named Crosby
Girls named Crosby
2018
344 [rank: 702nd]
19
2017
417 [rank: 626th]
28
2016
428 [rank: 625th]
28
2015
484† [rank: 578th]
19
2014
435 [rank: 615th]
28
2013
378 [rank: 647th]
24
2012
352 [rank: 672nd]
22
2011
306 [rank: 741st]
25
2010
180
16
2009
72
13
2008
55
10
2007
21
7
2006
19
7
2005
11
.
†Peak usage
What fueled this rise?
Nova Scotia-born professional ice hockey center Sidney Crosby.
He was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2005 NHL Draft, and he’s played exclusively with the Penguins ever since.
His first season, as an 18-year-old, he finished runner-up in the vote for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the NHL’s top rookie of the year.
After his second season, he was named captain of the Penguins — becoming the youngest team captain in NHL history (at that time).
During his third season, he (and teammates including Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal) helped the Penguins reach the Stanley Cup finals.
Finally, in 2009, the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. And they would go on to win it again in both 2016 and 2017 — back-to-back, impressively.
Speaking of winning more than once…Sidney Crosby has also won various league-wide awards (e.g., the Art Ross Trophy, the Hart Memorial Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy, the Rocket Richard Trophy) multiple times each.
During the years that Crosby (the name) was picking up steam, usage was highest in two particular states: Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
2010: 180 U.S. boys named Crosby – 18 (10%) in PA, 18 (10%) in MN
2009: 72 U.S. boys named Crosby – 6 (8%) in PA
2008: 55 U.S. boys named Crosby – 8 (15%) in PA, 11 (20%) in MN
2007: 21 U.S. boys named Crosby
The Pennsylvania usage isn’t surprising, but why Minnesota? It could have to do with the fact that, during the single year Sidney Crosby attended Minnesota prep school Shattuck-St. Mary’s, he led their U18 hockey team to a national title (as a 15-year-old).
The success of “Sid the Kid” hasn’t stopped the slow decline of Sidney, but it did give the name a slight boost in Pennsylvania specifically. And it’s likely behind the increased usage of Sid itself, starting in 2006.
So has Sidney Crosby influenced baby names in Canada as well? Here’s the Canadian data for both his first name and his last name:
Boys named Crosby (Canada)
Boys named Sidney (Canada)
2018
11
30 [rank: 796th]
2017
18
32 [rank: 772th]
2016
14
36 [rank: 716th]
2015
30 [rank: 797th]
39 [rank: 659th]
2014
28 [rank: 834th]
38 [rank: 677th]
2013
24 [rank: 924th]
30 [rank: 785th]
2012
31 [rank: 760th]
31 [rank: 760th]
2011
23 [rank: 939th]
54 [rank: 503rd]
2010
31 [rank: 767th]
59† [rank: 472nd]
2009
8
46 [rank: 576th]
2008
13
50 [rank: 534th]
2007
7
53 [rank: 496th]
2006
.
33 [rank: 663rd]
2005
7*
20 [rank: 906th]
*Debut, †Peak usage
Crosby, who represents Canada internationally, was a member of Team Canada at both the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Canada’s men’s ice hockey team won gold in both tournaments. Notably, in 2010 — on home soil (ice?) — Crosby scored the “golden goal” against Team USA in sudden-death overtime.
The English surname Crosby can be traced back to any of various locations in England called Crosby. The place name is made up of the Old Norse elements kross, meaning “cross,” and byr, meaning “settlement.”
What are your thoughts on the name Crosby?
P.S. A boy born in 2015 was named Malkin Crosby Long after two Penguins players. I discovered him via a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article featuring several of Crosby’s young namesakes.
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 1, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 1-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “ones” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Taylor correspond to the numbers 20, 1, 25, 12, 15, and 18. The sum of these numbers is 91. The digits of 91 added together equal 10, and the digits of 10 added together equal 1 — the numerological value of Taylor.
Baby names with a value of 1
Below you’ll find the most popular 1-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
1 via 10
The letters in the following baby names add up to 10, which reduces to one (1+0=1).
Girl names (1 via 10)
Boy name (1 via 10)
Eda, Dea, Ebba, Adda, Ade
Ade
1 via 19
The letters in the following baby names add up to 19, which reduces to one (1+9=10; 1+0=1).
Girl names (1 via 19)
Boy names (1 via 19)
Mae, Ema, Abbie, Alea, Aela
Adam, Jace, Dan, Jed, Jah
1 via 28
The letters in the following baby names add up to 28, which reduces to one (2+8=10; 1+0=1).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number one. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 1 being described as “leader,” “independent,” “determined,” “creative,” and “self-assured.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are a few things that are associated with the number 1:
Unity
Uniqueness
First place (as in sports)
Unicorn
Monolith
I kept the list short because you can associate the number 1 with just about anything. It’s universal, you might say. (See what I did there?)
What does the number 1 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
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