Cru

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Peak · boys
#1,330
2022 · 141 births
Debut · boys
1990
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,553
since 1990

Cru over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #1,330, 2022boys
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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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2025—#1,609105
2024#10,2719#1,410132
2023#10,3129#1,576110
2022—#1,330141
2021#12,2067#1,365135
2020#15,0885#1,423121
2019#15,5395#1,515112
2018—#1,72490
2017—#2,13064
2016—#1,89078
2015—#2,13265
2014—#2,15463
2013—#2,29955
2012—#2,55148
2011—#2,23258
2010—#3,01438
2009—#3,10537
2008—#3,34433
2007—#5,66115
2006—#5,07217
2005—#6,22612
2004—#8,9277
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Cru! It came in at #7,178, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1991–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cru is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedDEArizona: #927 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,545 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,040 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,354 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cru, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: #1,256 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,615 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arizona#927 · 1 in 6,545
  2. Tennessee#1,040 · 1 in 7,354
  3. Florida#1,256 · 1 in 10,615
  4. Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007

Best ever in a state: #220 in South Dakota, 2020.

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Arizona#92751 in 6,545
Tennessee#1,04051 in 7,354
Florida#1,25691 in 10,615
Texas#2,08071 in 25,007
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Cru
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 186 spots since 2020 (#1,423 → #1,609)
  • 523 spots since 2015 (#2,132 → #1,609)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2022 at #1,330 (141 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 12,383
  • Highest: 1 in 12,383 boys born in 2022 were named Cru (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 47.9% of all boys named Cru (744) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s6#7,178 (1990)#7,178
2000s132#3,105 (2009)#6,510
2010s671#1,515 (2019)#2,164
2020s744#1,330 (2022)#1,452

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.

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