Kramer vs Kraven
American parents have registered 514 Kramers since 1880, against 171 Kravens. But in 2025 it was Kraven that was commoner, 27 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kramer Kraven
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 37 years in which either name was published, Kramer for 20 years and Kraven for 17 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Kramer | Kraven | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 514 | 171 |
| Most in one year | 70 | 27 |
| Babies in 2025 | 8 | 27 |
| Estimated living today | 490 | 170 |
| Median age today | 33 | 14 |
| Peak year | 1989 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 1,308th boys | 3,949th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,910th | 3,949th |
| First recorded | 1916 | 2004 |
| Girls / boys | 6 / 508 | 0 / 171 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Kramers alive today are over 33; half the Kravens are over 14. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kramer and Kraven.