Kross
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Kross is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 1,145th for boys in the US (184 babies).
What does Kross mean?
English: K-spelling of Cross, an English word and surname
“cross”
A K-spelling of Cross, an English surname first given to people who lived near a roadside or market cross.
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Is Kross a girl's or a boy's name?
Kross is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 184 boys in the US.
How popular is Kross in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 184about 1 in 9,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 184 boys in the US were named Kross, making it the 1,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,095th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 195 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 5 girls were also named Kross in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kross in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 262 boys in the US were given Kross or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #838, up from #1,145 for this spelling alone.
- Kross 184
- Cross 78
Kross in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 184 | #1,145 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,314 |
| 2023 | 184 | #1,140 |
| 2022 | 195 | #1,099 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,092 |
| 2020 | 181 | #1,095 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,420 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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