Kru
Boy · KROO · English
Kru is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “team, company”. In 2025 it ranked 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Kru mean?
English: short respelling of the word crew
“team, company”
A shortened spelling of Crew, the English word for a group of people working together.
- Say it
- KROO
Is Kru a girl's or a boy's name?
Kru is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 77 boys in the US.
How popular is Kru in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 151% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Kru, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008. 9 girls were also named Kru in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kru in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,614 boys in the US were given Kru or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #1,976 for this spelling alone.
Kru in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 86 | #1,862 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
Names like Kru
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishiv Veer Ash Aarav Kash Avyaan Vihaan Krish Shivansh Atharv Ivaan Dhruv
Other spellings of Kru
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