Crue Boy
How popular is Crue?
#797 boy name in 2025
314 baby boys were named Crue in the US in 2025, making it the 797th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Crue popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #797 for boys (▼ 168 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 314 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+349% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,036 in 2015, #1,166 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (446 boys) |
| Highest rank | #629 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Crue counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Crue family of names ranked #521 for boys in 2025 (#442 the year before), with 565 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Crue | 314 | 56% |
| Krue | 251 | 44% |
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 Crue is most popular
Babies named Crue per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 1.4 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Iowa: 0.8 per 1,000 (57 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Indiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Kansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (31 boys)
Crue by decade
Boy names about as popular as Crue
Questions
- Is Crue a boy or girl name?
- Crue is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Crue were boys.
- How popular is the name Crue?
- 314 baby boys were named Crue in the US in 2025, making it the 797th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Crue most popular?
- Crue peaked in 2024, when 446 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #629 in 2024.
- How many people are named Crue?
- 2,633 babies have been named Crue in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,622 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Crue most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Crue was most common in South Dakota, at 1.4 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.