Cru
Cru was the 1611th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 105 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1331st with 141 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 525 places. More babies were named Cru in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,611 boys, down 186 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 105boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022141 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,588babies recorded
Cru popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 35 since 2019.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,611 | 105 |
| 2020 | #1,425 | 121 |
| 2010 | #3,030 | 38 |
| 2000 | #10,682 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,355 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1910 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cru, counting every spelling?
Cru is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,086 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,611 for Cru on its own. Together these spellings went to 182 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cru | 105 | #1,611 | 623 |
| Kru | 77 | #1,986 | 376 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cru?
105 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cru (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cru born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 80 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cru.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cru?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Cru are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Cru a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cru by state
How common Cru was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (1.7×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cru: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cru, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cru
How popular is the name Cru?
Cru was the 1611th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 105 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1331st with 141 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 525 places. More babies were named Cru in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Cru a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Cru in the US.
Where is Cru most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cru was most common in Ohio (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by Colorado and Iowa.