Cris Boy
How popular is Cris?
#6,140 boy name in 2025
14 baby boys were named Cris in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
Cris popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,140 for boys (▼ 241 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,293 in 2015, #7,497 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (115 boys) |
| Highest rank | #724 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cris counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cruz family of names ranked #238 for boys in 2025 (#240 the year before), with 1,583 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cruz | 1,025 | 65% |
| Kruz | 167 | 11% |
| Kross | 184 | 12% |
| Cross | 78 | 5% |
| Kris | 37 | 2% |
| Cruze | 37 | 2% |
| Kruze | 30 | 2% |
| Cris | 14 | 1% |
| Criss | 5 | 0% |
| Cruse | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cris is most popular
Babies named Cris per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Cris by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #935 |
| 1910s | 27 | #2,268 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,465 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,174 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,106 |
| 1950s | 624 | #754 |
| 1960s | 806 | #724 |
| 1970s | 361 | #1,031 |
| 1980s | 190 | #1,849 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,861 |
| 2000s | 307 | #2,721 |
| 2010s | 229 | #2,999 |
| 2020s | 98 | #4,299 |
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Questions
- Is Cris a boy or girl name?
- Cris is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Cris were boys.
- How popular is the name Cris?
- 14 baby boys were named Cris in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
- When was Cris most popular?
- Cris peaked in 1960, when 115 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #724 in 1960.
- How many people are named Cris?
- 4,127 babies have been named Cris in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,444 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Cris most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cris was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.