Croix
Boy · KROY · French
Croix is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Croix mean?
French: French word
“cross”
The French word for 'cross', found in place names such as St Croix in the US Virgin Islands.
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Is Croix a girl's or a boy's name?
Croix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 59 boys in the US.
How popular is Croix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,332among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Croix, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987. 6 girls were also named Croix in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Croix in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were given Croix or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,556, up from #2,332 for this spelling alone.
Croix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 88 | #1,762 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
Names like Croix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Croix
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