Kruz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KROOZ
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,212 for boys
Kruz is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 1,212th for boys in the US (167 babies).
What does Kruz mean?
Spanish: spelling of Cruz
“cross”
A respelling of Cruz, the Spanish word for cross, used as a surname and as a religious given name honouring the Holy Cross.
Is Kruz a girl's or a boy's name?
Kruz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 167 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kruz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Kruz, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd.
2025 had the most boys named Kruz of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Kruz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 376 boys in the UK were given Kruz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,275th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Kruz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 2 | #5,967 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Kruz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,212among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 167about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 167 boys in the US were named Kruz, making it the 1,212th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,069th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 197 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Kruz in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,279 boys in the US were given Kruz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #283, up from #1,212 for this spelling alone.
Kruz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,212 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,271 |
| 2023 | 171 | #1,185 |
| 2022 | 197 | #1,096 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,125 |
| 2020 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,218 |
| 2018 | 153 | #1,219 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,460 |
| 2016 | 121 | #1,433 |
| 2015 | 144 | #1,252 |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,225 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,413 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,562 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,459 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 56 | #2,326 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Kruz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Crue Luca Perez Iago Rio Thiago Santiago Lorcan Viggo Ezra Jago Ares
Other spellings of Kruz
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, “Kruz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kruz, updated 20 October 2026.