Crosby

Crosby is the 874th most common surname in the United States, shared by 39,086 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 7,647.

By the numbers

People: 39,086
Rank: 874th
How common: 1 in 7,647
Per 100,000: 13.1

Where the name comes from

Origin Old Norse

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Crosby described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 67.7%
Black, not Hispanic 23.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Crosby

Bing Crosby (1903–1977)American singer and actor
David Crosby (1941–2023)American singer, guitarist and songwriter
Sidney Crosby (born 1987)Canadian ice hockey player
Denise Crosby (born 1957)American actress
Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)19th century Christian hymnist
Kathryn Crosby (1933–2024)American actress
Bob Crosby (1913–1993)American dixieland bandleader and vocalist
Mary Crosby (born 1959)American actress

People named Crosby with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Crosby

Also a first name

Crosby has been given to 6,490 American babies as a first name since 1912, peaking in 2015. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.