Cruz

Where Cruz comes from

Cruz hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1878
    Cruz Hernández born
    Salvadoran supercentenarian
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1937
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1974
    Cruz Carbajal born
    Mexican boxer
  5. 2013
    Peak, #279
    1,250 babies named Cruz — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Cruz Hernández · Salvadoran supercentenarian, 1878–2007
  • Cruz Carbajal · Mexican boxer, born 1974
  • Cruz Laplana y Laguna · Spanish priest, 1875–1936
  • Cruz Bustamante · American politician, born 1953
  • Cruz Martínez · American record producer, songwriter and musician, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.