Cruze
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KROOZ
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Cruze is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Cruze mean?
Spanish: modern spelling of Cruz
“cross”
A modern spelling of Cruz, the Spanish word for cross.
Is Cruze a girl's or a boy's name?
Cruze is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 37 boys in the US.
How popular is Cruze in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 986th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Cruze, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 40 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cruze in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 376 boys in the UK were given Cruze or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #986 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Cruze in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 40 | #863 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 37 | #909 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Cruze in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,180th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Cruze, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 5 girls were also named Cruze in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cruze in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,279 boys in the US were given Cruze or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #283, up from #3,180 for this spelling alone.
Cruze in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,562 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Cruze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Crue, Luca, Iago, Perez, Thiago, Rio, Lorcan, Santiago, Jago, Viggo, Ares, Ezra
Other spellings of Cruze
More Spanish names
Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia
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, “Cruze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cruze, updated 20 October 2026.