Crawford is a Scottish surname and place name from Old English crawe and ford, meaning "ford of the crows". It was the surname of the actress Joan Crawford and of the Texas town where George W. Bush had his ranch, and it now joins the trend of preppy surnames as first names. In the United States Crawford ranked number 3939 in 2000, peaked at number 2051 in 2018 and stands at number 2097 among boys' names in 2025.