Crue
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KROO
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #936 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #797 for boys
Crue is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 797th for boys in the US (314 babies).
Where does Crue come from?
Modern: modern name of uncertain origin
Is Crue a girl's or a boy's name?
Crue is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 314 boys in the US.
How popular is Crue in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 455% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Crue, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Crue in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the UK were given Crue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #936 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Crue in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 38 | #913 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,130 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
How popular is Crue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 314about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 204% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 314 boys in the US were named Crue, making it the 797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,166th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 446 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988. 5 girls were also named Crue in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Crue in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,614 boys in the US were given Crue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #797 for this spelling alone.
Crue in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 314 | #797 |
| 2024 | 446 | #629 |
| 2023 | 366 | #727 |
| 2022 | 277 | #867 |
| 2021 | 214 | #1,025 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,166 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,354 |
| 2018 | 74 | #1,980 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
Names like Crue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cruz Luca Iago Thiago Perez Lorcan Ezra Rio Jago Arlo Ares Viggo
Other spellings of Crue
Names related to Crue
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Crue: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/crue, updated 20 October 2026.