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Crixus

Boy · KRIK-sus · Celtic

Crixus is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Crixus mean?

Celtic: Gaulish name

Crixus was a Gaulish gladiator who, with Spartacus, led the slave revolt of 73 BC.

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KRIK-sus

Is Crixus a girl's or a boy's name?

Crixus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Crixus in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,906among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 54% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Crixus, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.

Half of all the boys named Crixus in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

2011Busiest: 26 in 20142025
Crixus in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#8,906
20248#8,982
20238#8,916
202213#6,473
202113#6,330
202013#6,292
201919#4,947
201820#4,735
201725#4,101
201619#4,941
201521#4,543
201426#3,888
201317#5,167
201215#5,714
201115#5,670

Names like Crixus

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