Meaning not yet researched.
Cruz: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,025 in 2025. Its best rank was #279 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #279 in 2013; #331 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Cruz in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#331 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #279.
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Cruz: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,025 boys in 2025. Peak: #279 in 2013 · most boys in one year: 1,250 (2013).
In 2025, 1,025 US boys were named Cruz, making it the 331st most common boys’ name of the year, down 28 places from #303 in 2024. That is 90 fewer than the 1,115 boys named Cruz in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #279, reached in 2013. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,250. For comparison, it was #324 in 2015 and #737 in 1950.
In 2025, 15 US girls were named Cruz, making it the 7,215th most common girls’ name of the year, down 520 places from #6,695 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 17 girls named Cruz in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #793, reached in 1923. That year also had the most girls given the name: 84. For comparison, it was #5,017 in 2015 and #1,334 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cruz in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 35,024 US babies have been given the name, 12% of them girls and 88% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 11,246 babies named Cruz.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,558 US boys were named Cruz; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 1,117. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,666 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cruz ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #71 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Kruz (2,723 babies since 1880) and Cruze (866 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kruze, Cruize and Cruiz are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kruze (588), Cruize (53), Cruiz (47), Cruse (37), Crus (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Cruz in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 12 | #71 | #179 |
| California | 268 | #142 | #237 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #150 | #89 |
| Arizona | 55 | #163 | #188 |
| Nevada | 16 | #192 | #205 |
| Oregon | 21 | #202 | #277 |
| Colorado | 29 | #226 | #239 |
| Washington | 29 | #261 | #238 |
| Utah | 18 | #276 | #279 |
| Iowa | 14 | #280 | #279 |
| Idaho | 9 | #284 | #194 |
| Texas | 133 | #291 | #310 |
| Missouri | 23 | #294 | #266 |
| Kansas | 12 | #305 | #229 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #339 | #430 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #340 | #293 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #342 | #201 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #359 | #295 |
| Virginia | 20 | #391 | #811 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #394 | — |
| Ohio | 25 | #429 | #320 |
| New Jersey | 18 | #432 | #520 |
| Illinois | 25 | #434 | #525 |
| Maryland | 11 | #445 | #545 |
| Michigan | 18 | #466 | #324 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #478 | #666 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #479 | #510 |
| Tennessee | 16 | #483 | #432 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #493 | #403 |
| Florida | 36 | #500 | #494 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #514 | #534 |
| Indiana | 13 | #520 | #243 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #574 | #236 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #643 | #409 |
| Georgia | 11 | #802 | #478 |
| New York | 14 | #923 | #727 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,215 | 1,025 | #331 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,695 | 1,115 | #303 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,223 | 1,015 | #329 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,822 | 1,066 | #315 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,265 | 1,117 | #297 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,196 | 1,098 | #303 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,479 | 1,115 | #304 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,200 | 1,022 | #326 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,084 | 970 | #347 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,837 | 1,015 | #341 |
| 2015 | 27 | #5,017 | 1,065 | #324 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,682 | 1,224 | #290 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,929 | 1,250 | #279 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,517 | 1,232 | #284 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,833 | 1,098 | #300 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,021 | 991 | #321 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,872 | 906 | #346 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,174 | 846 | #367 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,130 | 672 | #429 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,422 | 524 | #494 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,332 | 477 | #516 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,845 | 406 | #561 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,958 | 359 | #598 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,746 | 302 | #642 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,476 | 333 | #596 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,762 | 282 | #643 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,475 | 243 | #691 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,241 | 261 | #660 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,918 | 229 | #696 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,477 | 219 | #717 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,433 | 227 | #702 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,557 | 208 | #724 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,798 | 181 | #786 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,889 | 169 | #802 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,222 | 189 | #740 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,551 | 200 | #719 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,098 | 206 | #691 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,045 | 173 | #711 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,122 | 168 | #705 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,221 | 152 | #733 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,102 | 120 | #811 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,791 | 104 | #863 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,169 | 94 | #909 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,911 | 102 | #886 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,669 | 90 | #947 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,882 | 90 | #945 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,358 | 78 | #1,006 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,411 | 115 | #792 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,784 | 83 | #933 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,809 | 81 | #929 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,465 | 71 | #972 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,772 | 85 | #867 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,642 | 70 | #964 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,404 | 74 | #929 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,551 | 63 | #1,026 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,406 | 68 | #982 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,716 | 87 | #829 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,309 | 75 | #840 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,282 | 59 | #943 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,027 | 76 | #835 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,259 | 64 | #926 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,984 | 85 | #817 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,026 | 72 | #880 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,122 | 77 | #863 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,624 | 82 | #848 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,641 | 82 | #835 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,885 | 84 | #830 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,482 | 96 | #757 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,463 | 79 | #846 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,438 | 87 | #797 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,646 | 77 | #837 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,563 | 71 | #871 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,443 | 80 | #801 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,716 | 87 | #756 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,306 | 85 | #760 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,334 | 87 | #737 |
| 1949 | 56 | #1,212 | 100 | #684 |
| 1948 | 52 | #1,274 | 76 | #786 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,380 | 79 | #773 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,166 | 76 | #762 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,266 | 59 | #809 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,260 | 61 | #803 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,329 | 75 | #747 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,166 | 77 | #734 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,152 | 57 | #840 |
| 1940 | 53 | #981 | 70 | #731 |
| 1939 | 54 | #963 | 70 | #715 |
| 1938 | 53 | #976 | 77 | #690 |
| 1937 | 58 | #905 | 60 | #794 |
| 1936 | 62 | #862 | 58 | #807 |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,074 | 73 | #711 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,010 | 53 | #863 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,143 | 64 | #763 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,086 | 67 | #772 |
| 1931 | 68 | #832 | 69 | #743 |
| 1930 | 61 | #938 | 64 | #811 |
| 1929 | 64 | #899 | 82 | #679 |
| 1928 | 72 | #855 | 77 | #732 |
| 1927 | 62 | #967 | 75 | #756 |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,035 | 84 | #692 |
| 1925 | 76 | #854 | 85 | #702 |
| 1924 | 53 | #1,070 | 68 | #819 |
| 1923 | 84 | #793 | 71 | #787 |
| 1922 | 48 | #1,108 | 62 | #872 |
| 1921 | 68 | #893 | 58 | #923 |
| 1920 | 56 | #982 | 71 | #794 |
| 1919 | 67 | #850 | 65 | #812 |
| 1918 | 47 | #1,066 | 41 | #1,066 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,406 | 38 | #1,082 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,595 | 28 | #1,271 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,142 | 38 | #1,041 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,084 | 25 | #1,163 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,046 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,316 | 20 | #1,033 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,322 | 16 | #834 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,079 | 9 | #1,134 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,386 | — | — |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,460 | 5 | #1,428 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,106 | 10 | #882 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,170 | 5 | #1,284 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,570 | 12 | #710 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,284 | — | — |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,158 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,148 | 5 | #1,182 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,371 | — | — |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,771 | — | — |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,443 | — | — |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,451 | — | — |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,649 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,315 | — | — |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,022 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #837 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).