Kruz Boy
How popular is Kruz?
#1,212 boy name in 2025
167 baby boys were named Kruz in the US in 2025, making it the 1212th most popular boy name.
Kruz popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,212 for boys (▲ 59 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 167 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,252 in 2015, #1,069 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (197 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,069 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| 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 |
Kruz 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 Kruz is most popular
Babies named Kruz per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kruz by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kruz
Questions
- Is Kruz a boy or girl name?
- Kruz is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Kruz were boys.
- How popular is the name Kruz?
- 167 baby boys were named Kruz in the US in 2025, making it the 1212th most popular boy name.
- When was Kruz most popular?
- Kruz peaked in 2022, when 197 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,069 in 2020.
- How many people are named Kruz?
- 2,723 babies have been named Kruz in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,705 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Kruz most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kruz was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 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.