Krue
- #5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births
- #935 for boys in 2025, 251 births
- Given to boys 94.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 247 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,540since 2006
Krue over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #935 | 251 |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | #933 | 247 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,066 | 203 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #1,168 | 175 |
| 2021 | — | #1,291 | 147 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #1,534 | 108 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #1,974 | 74 |
| 2018 | — | #2,579 | 49 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,586 | 30 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,783 | 43 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,582 | 29 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
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First appearance
2006
The first year at least five boys were named Krue! It came in at #12,055, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2006–2007, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Krue is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#254 · 1 in 880
- Idaho#377 · 1 in 1,438
- Iowa#448 · 1 in 1,976
- Missouri#457 · 1 in 2,139
- South Carolina#470 · 1 in 2,120
Best ever in a state: #254 in West Virginia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Iowa | #448 | 7 | 1 in 1,976 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| South Carolina | #470 | 10 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 14 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Indiana | #545 | 12 | 1 in 2,639 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Ohio | #595 | 16 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 16 | 1 in 10,941 |
| Florida | #1,625 | 6 | 1 in 15,922 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
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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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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 2 spots since 2024 (#933 → #935)
- 599 spots since 2020 (#1,534 → #935)
- Biggest jump: 133 spots in 2024
- Biggest drop: 2 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2006
- Peaked 2024 at #933 (247 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,805
- Highest: 1 in 6,805 boys born in 2025 were named Krue (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #933 in 2024, was only 1 in 6,975 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 73.4% of all boys named Krue (1,131) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35 | #5,800 (2009) | #9,166 |
| 2010s | 374 | #1,974 (2019) | #3,383 |
| 2020s | 1,131 | #933 (2024) | #1,155 |
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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