Cru Boy
How popular is Cru?
#1,609 boy name in 2025
105 baby boys were named Cru in the US in 2025, making it the 1609th most popular boy name.
Cru popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,609 for boys (▼ 199 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 105 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,132 in 2015, #1,423 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (141 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,330 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cru counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cru family of names ranked #1,042 for boys in 2025 (#948 the year before), with 182 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cru | 105 | 58% |
| Kru | 77 | 42% |
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 Cru is most popular
Babies named Cru per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cru by decade
Boy names about as popular as Cru
Questions
- Is Cru a boy or girl name?
- Cru is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Cru were boys.
- How popular is the name Cru?
- 105 baby boys were named Cru in the US in 2025, making it the 1609th most popular boy name.
- When was Cru most popular?
- Cru peaked in 2022, when 141 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,330 in 2022.
- How many people are named Cru?
- 1,588 babies have been named Cru in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,579 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Cru most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cru was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 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.