Krue
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KROO
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #935 for boys
Krue is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “team, company”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 935th for boys in the US (251 babies).
What does Krue mean?
English: respelling of the word crew
“team, company”
A respelling of Crew, the English word for a team of people, as on a ship or aircraft.
Is Krue a girl's or a boy's name?
Krue is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 23 girls and 251 boys in the US.
How popular is Krue in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Krue, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Krue than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 78 boys in the UK were given Krue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Krue in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
How popular is Krue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 935th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 251 about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 203% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 251 boys in the US were named Krue, making it the 935th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,534th. It first appears in the records in 2006. 23 girls were also named Krue in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most boys named Krue of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Krue 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 Krue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #935 for this spelling alone.
Krue in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 251 | #935 |
| 2024 | 247 | #933 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,066 |
| 2022 | 175 | #1,168 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,291 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,534 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Krue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Cruz, Archer, Arlo, Albie, Thiago, Ezra, Cove, Bear, Rio, Kairo, Rome
Other spellings of Krue
Names related to Krue
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Krue: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/krue, updated 20 October 2026.