Cruz
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #331 for boys in 2025, 1,025 births
Given to boys 87.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 1,250 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 30,792since 1880
Cruz over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #331 | 1,025 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #303 | 1,115 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #329 | 1,015 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | #315 | 1,066 |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 | #297 | 1,117 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #303 | 1,098 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #304 | 1,115 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #326 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | #347 | 970 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #341 | 1,015 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #324 | 1,065 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | #290 | 1,224 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #279 | 1,250 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #284 | 1,232 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | #300 | 1,098 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | #321 | 991 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #346 | 906 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | #367 | 846 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #429 | 672 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #494 | 524 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #515 | 477 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | #561 | 406 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #598 | 359 |
| 2002 | #3,730 | 35 | #641 | 302 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #596 | 333 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #643 | 282 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #691 | 243 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | #660 | 261 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #696 | 229 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #717 | 219 |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 | #702 | 227 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #724 | 208 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #785 | 181 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | #802 | 169 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #740 | 189 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #719 | 200 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #691 | 206 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #711 | 173 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #705 | 168 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | #733 | 152 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #810 | 120 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #863 | 104 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #908 | 94 |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 | #884 | 102 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | #947 | 90 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #945 | 90 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #1,005 | 78 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #790 | 115 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #933 | 83 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | #929 | 81 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | #970 | 71 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #867 | 85 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #962 | 70 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #929 | 74 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #1,026 | 63 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | #979 | 68 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #827 | 87 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | #840 | 75 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #943 | 59 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | #835 | 76 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | #926 | 64 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #815 | 85 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | #880 | 72 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | #862 | 77 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | #846 | 82 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 | #835 | 82 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | #830 | 84 |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 | #755 | 96 |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 | #845 | 79 |
| 1956 | #1,437 | 54 | #796 | 87 |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | #836 | 77 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | #868 | 71 |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | #798 | 80 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 | #755 | 87 |
| 1951 | #1,303 | 51 | #760 | 85 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | #736 | 87 |
| 1949 | #1,210 | 56 | #683 | 100 |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | #783 | 76 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | #771 | 79 |
| 1946 | #1,165 | 54 | #759 | 76 |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 | #809 | 59 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 | #801 | 61 |
| 1943 | #1,327 | 38 | #746 | 75 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | #732 | 77 |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 | #839 | 57 |
| 1940 | #979 | 53 | #729 | 70 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 | #715 | 70 |
| 1938 | #972 | 53 | #690 | 77 |
| 1937 | #904 | 58 | #793 | 60 |
| 1936 | #862 | 62 | #807 | 58 |
| 1935 | #1,073 | 42 | #710 | 73 |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 | #860 | 53 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 | #762 | 64 |
| 1932 | #1,082 | 43 | #769 | 67 |
| 1931 | #830 | 68 | #742 | 69 |
| 1930 | #937 | 61 | #810 | 64 |
| 1929 | #895 | 64 | #678 | 82 |
| 1928 | #854 | 72 | #732 | 77 |
| 1927 | #963 | 62 | #754 | 75 |
| 1926 | #1,032 | 52 | #692 | 84 |
| 1925 | #853 | 76 | #702 | 85 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 | #817 | 68 |
| 1923 | #793 | 84 | #786 | 71 |
| 1922 | #1,103 | 48 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | #892 | 68 | #920 | 58 |
| 1920 | #980 | 56 | #792 | 71 |
| 1919 | #850 | 67 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #1,061 | 47 | #1,062 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 | #1,078 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,140 | 36 | #1,037 | 38 |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cruz was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cruz
- 28 spots since 2024 (#303 → #331)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#303 → #331)
- 7 spots since 2015 (#324 → #331)
- Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #866)
- Biggest drop: 554 spots in 1906 (#699 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2013 at #279 (1,250 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1919–1970
- Highest: 1 in 1,513 boys born in 2013 were named Cruz (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,666 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 35.7% of all boys named Cruz (10,982) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1936, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #809 (1880) | #809 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 42 | #699 (1905) | #1,076 |
| 1910s | 296 | #811 (1919) | #1,068 |
| 1920s | 733 | #678 (1929) | #774 |
| 1930s | 655 | #690 (1938) | #766 |
| 1940s | 730 | #683 (1949) | #765 |
| 1950s | 833 | #736 (1950) | #798 |
| 1960s | 759 | #815 (1964) | #861 |
| 1970s | 788 | #790 (1978) | #939 |
| 1980s | 1,299 | #691 (1989) | #820 |
| 1990s | 2,126 | #660 (1998) | #724 |
| 2000s | 5,107 | #346 (2009) | #519 |
| 2010s | 10,982 | #279 (2013) | #312 |
| 2020s | 6,436 | #297 (2021) | #313 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cruz in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 91,750 of them was named Cruz, which outranked 65.4% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,543Vanette23
- #2,543Youlanda23
- #2,543Yvetta23
- #2,608Cruz22
- #2,608Alaina22
- #2,608Alan22
- #2,608Annice22
- #2,673Alex21
- #2,673Alfred21
- #2,673Alica21
Tied with 64 names at #2,608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 25,905 of them was named Cruz, which outranked 81.8% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).