Cruzito
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kroo-SEE-toh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Cruzito is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “little cross”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Cruzito mean?
Spanish: diminutive of Cruz
“little cross”
A Spanish pet form of Cruz, 'cross', a name honouring the cross of Christ.
Is Cruzito a girl's or a boy's name?
Cruzito is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cruzito in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Cruzito, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Cruzito than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Cruzito in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cruzito in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Nicknames for Cruzito
- Cruz 293 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Cruzito
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Juanpablo, Marquez, Santiago, Diego, Juancarlos, Cruz, Osvaldo, Luca, Viggo, Marcelo, Rio
Names related to Cruzito
More Spanish names
Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia, Solana
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cruzito: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cruzito, updated 20 October 2026.