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Cruz

Gender
Boy
Say it
KROOZ
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#192 for boys
US rank, 2025
#331 for boys

Cruz is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 192nd for boys in the UK (293 babies) and 331st for boys in the US (1,025 babies).

What does Cruz mean?

Spanish: Spanish word and surname, from Latin crux

“cross”

A Spanish name and surname referring to the cross of Christ, as in the place name Santa Cruz, holy cross.

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

Cruz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 293 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 1,025 boys in the US.

How popular is Cruz in the UK?

Rank in 2025
192nd among boys
Babies in 2025
293 about 1 in 1,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 78% in five years
Same name in a class
1.4% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 293 boys in the UK were named Cruz, making it the 192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 364th.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Cruz of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.

Half of all the boys named Cruz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 376 boys in the UK were given Cruz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #192 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 200th in England and Wales, 152nd in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.

2004Busiest: 293 in 20252025
Cruz in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025293#192
2024252#223
2023220#242
2022177#293
2021197#273
2020139#364
2019137#368
2018153#342
2017141#374
2016150#352
2015114#417
2014125#377
2013115#406
2012123#392
2011117#387
2010106#411
200985#479
200875#516
200745#699
200645#679
200517#1,267
20043#3,792

How popular is Cruz in the US?

Rank in 2025
331st among boys
Babies in 2025
1,025 about 1 in 1,700 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,025 boys in the US were named Cruz, making it the 331st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 303rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 1,250 boys. 15 girls were also named Cruz in 2025 (7,131st for girls).

Half of all the boys named Cruz in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,279 boys in the US were given Cruz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #283, up from #331 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 46% of the babies named Cruz in the US in 1912, and 1% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 1,250 in 20132025
Cruz in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,025#331
20241,115#303
20231,015#329
20221,066#315
20211,117#297
20201,098#303
20191,115#304
20181,022#326
2017970#347
20161,015#341
20151,065#324
20141,224#290
20131,250#279
20121,232#284
20111,098#300
2010991#321
2009906#346
2008846#367
2007672#429
2006524#494
2005477#515
2004406#561
2003359#598
2002302#641
2001333#596
2000282#643
1999243#689
1998261#660
1997229#695
1996219#716
1995227#699
1994208#723
1993181#783
1992169#800
1991189#736
1990200#716
1989206#688
1988173#711
1987168#705
1986152#733
1985120#810
1984104#863
198394#908
1982102#884
198190#947
198090#945
197978#1,005
1978115#790
197783#933
197681#929
197571#970
197485#867
197370#962
197274#929
197163#1,026
197068#979
196987#827
196875#840
196759#943
196676#835
196564#926
196485#815
196372#880
196277#861
196182#845
196082#834
195984#829
195896#754
195779#844
195687#795
195577#835
195471#867
195380#797
195287#754
195185#759
195087#735
1949100#682
194876#782
194779#770
194676#759
194559#809
194461#801
194375#746
194277#732
194157#839
194070#729
193970#715
193877#690
193760#793
193658#807
193573#710
193453#860
193364#762
193267#769
193169#742
193064#810
192982#678
192877#732
192775#754
192684#692
192585#702
192468#817
192371#786
192262#871
192158#920
192071#792
191965#811
191841#1,062
191738#1,078
191628#1,265
191538#1,037
191425#1,153
191316#1,310
191220#1,023
191116#823
19109#1,117
19090–
19085#1,372
190710#865
19065#1,252
190512#699
19040–
19035#1,129
19025#1,136
19010–
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18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
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18820–
18810–
18806#809

Names like Cruz

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Luca, Cooper, Santiago, Carter, Rio, Romeo, Arlo, Jude, Ezra, Xavier, Lucas, Lorenzo

Other spellings of Cruz

Cruze, Kruz, Kruze, Cruiz, Cruize, Kruiz, Crews, Cruise

More Spanish names

Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia, Solana

Every Spanish name

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, “Cruz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cruz, updated 20 October 2026.