Kruz
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- #1,212 for boys in 2025, 167 births
- Given to boys 97.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 187 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,659since 1987
Kruz over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kruz has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | #1,212 | 167 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #1,271 | 155 |
| 2023 | — | #1,185 | 171 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,096 | 197 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #1,125 | 181 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #1,069 | 187 |
| 2019 | — | #1,218 | 156 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #1,219 | 153 |
| 2017 | — | #1,460 | 116 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,433 | 121 |
| 2015 | — | #1,252 | 144 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,225 | 149 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #1,413 | 118 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,562 | 101 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,459 | 112 |
| 2010 | — | #1,739 | 87 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,925 | 74 |
| 2008 | — | #2,327 | 56 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,153 | 34 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five boys were named Kruz! It came in at #6,951, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kruz 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
- Hawaii#214 · 1 in 584
- Arkansas#489 · 1 in 2,098
- Oklahoma#621 · 1 in 2,947
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Alabama#765 · 1 in 4,304
Best ever in a state: #214 in Hawaii, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 2,098 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Alabama | #765 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| California | #1,040 | 20 | 1 in 8,774 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| Texas | #1,169 | 18 | 1 in 9,725 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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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
Holding steady
- 59 spots since 2024 (#1,271 → #1,212)
- 143 spots since 2020 (#1,069 → #1,212)
- 40 spots since 2015 (#1,252 → #1,212)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2020 at #1,069 (187 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 8,863
- Highest: 1 in 8,863 boys born in 2022 were named Kruz (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,228 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,069 in 2020, was only 1 in 9,230 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 47.3% of all boys named Kruz (1,257) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21 | #5,200 (1988) | #5,922 |
| 1990s | 54 | #4,960 (1997) | #7,581 |
| 2000s | 269 | #1,925 (2009) | #4,983 |
| 2010s | 1,257 | #1,218 (2019) | #1,398 |
| 2020s | 1,058 | #1,069 (2020) | #1,160 |
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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