Maricruz
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-ree-KROOS
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Maricruz is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “Mary of the cross”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Maricruz mean?
Spanish: combination of María and Cruz
“Mary of the cross”
A Spanish compound of María and Cruz 'cross', honouring both the Virgin Mary and the Holy Cross.
Is Maricruz a girl's or a boy's name?
Maricruz is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maricruz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Maricruz, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Maricruz in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maricruz in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,700 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 84 | #2,089 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 82 | #2,044 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,750 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,864 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,739 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,683 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,546 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,491 |
| 1993 | 124 | #1,338 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1991 | 137 | #1,236 |
| 1990 | 169 | #1,053 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,451 |
| 1988 | 163 | #1,003 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Nicknames for Maricruz
- Mari 32 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maricruz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dulce Lucero Luz Montserrat Ximena Angelique Azucena Xaria Mercedes Solana Xiomara Coco
Names related to Maricruz
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra
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, “Maricruz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maricruz, updated 20 October 2026.