Cruz Boy
How popular is Cruz?
#331 boy name in 2025
1,025 baby boys were named Cruz in the US in 2025, making it the 331st most popular boy name. Another 15 girls got the name (#7,131 for girls).
Cruz popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #331 for boys (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,025 boys, 15 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-4% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #324 in 2015, #303 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (1,250 boys) |
| Highest rank | #279 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cruz 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 Cruz is most popular
Babies named Cruz per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 2.9 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- New Mexico: 2.5 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Nevada: 1.7 per 1,000 (97 boys)
- Arizona: 1.6 per 1,000 (255 boys)
- California: 1.5 per 1,000 (1,346 boys)
Cruz by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #809 |
| 1900s | 42 | #699 |
| 1910s | 296 | #811 |
| 1920s | 733 | #678 |
| 1930s | 655 | #690 |
| 1940s | 730 | #682 |
| 1950s | 833 | #735 |
| 1960s | 759 | #815 |
| 1970s | 788 | #790 |
| 1980s | 1,299 | #688 |
| 1990s | 2,126 | #660 |
| 2000s | 5,107 | #346 |
| 2010s | 10,982 | #279 |
| 2020s | 6,436 | #297 |
Boy names about as popular as Cruz
Questions
- Is Cruz a boy or girl name?
- Cruz is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Cruz were boys.
- How popular is the name Cruz?
- 1,025 baby boys were named Cruz in the US in 2025, making it the 331st most popular boy name. Another 15 girls got the name (#7,131 for girls).
- When was Cruz most popular?
- Cruz peaked in 2013, when 1,250 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #279 in 2013.
- How many people are named Cruz?
- 35,024 babies have been named Cruz in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,543 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Cruz most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cruz was most common in Hawaii, at 2.9 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.