Cross

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,959 for boys in 2025, 78 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,642
1998 · 63 births
Debut · boys
1997
43 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,375
since 1997

Cross over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cross has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #1,642, 1998boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#1,95978
2024—#2,44456
2023—#2,22164
2022—#2,29962
2021—#1,96476
2020—#2,21262
2019—#2,58250
2018—#3,44632
2017—#3,24935
2016—#3,77628
2015—#3,08537
2014—#2,70544
2013—#2,66844
2012—#4,00325
2011—#3,79227
2010—#3,18135
2009—#2,45152
2008—#2,94640
2007—#2,72144
2006—#3,22733
2005—#2,36549
2004—#2,31649
2003—#2,15351
2002—#2,19548
2001—#1,81661
2000—#2,25643
1999—#2,14044
1998—#1,64263
1997—#2,06043
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five boys were named Cross! It came in at #2,060, and was given to 43 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2010–2012, when fewer than 36 boys a year got the name.

Where Cross is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,497 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 37,876 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedALGeorgia: #890 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,596 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedHITexas: #1,588 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 17,112 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Cross, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#890 · 1 in 5,596
  2. Texas#1,588 · 1 in 17,112
  3. California#2,497 · 1 in 37,876

Best ever in a state: #489 in Arkansas, 2025.

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Georgia#89091 in 5,596
Texas#1,588101 in 17,112
California#2,49751 in 37,876
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See more about Cross
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 485 spots since 2024 (#2,444 → #1,959)
  • 253 spots since 2020 (#2,212 → #1,959)
  • 1,126 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #1,959)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 1998 at #1,642 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,898
  • Highest: 1 in 21,898 boys born in 2025 were named Cross (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,642 in 1998, was only 1 in 30,339 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.2% of all boys named Cross (470) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s150#1,642 (1998)#1,947
2000s470#1,816 (2001)#2,445
2010s357#2,582 (2019)#3,249
2020s398#1,959 (2025)#2,183

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.

Cross in 2021

boys
#1,964
76 births · 1 in 23,020 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #1,964Cross76
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 23,020 of them was named Cross, which outranked 86.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cross
  1. #1,943Xavian77
  2. #1,943Yohan77
  3. #1,943Zacari77
  4. #1,964Cross76
  5. #1,964Antony76
  6. #1,964Bruin76
  7. #1,964Fitz76
  8. #1,982Aram75
  9. #1,982Broderick75
  10. #1,982Bryer75

Tied with 17 names at #1,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →