Kru
Kru was the 1986th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1869th with 86 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,432 places. More babies were named Kru in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,986 boys, up 1,321 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 77boys
- Girls and boys
- 9% girls, 91% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202486 babies
- Total since 1880
- 631babies recorded
Kru popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,532 | #1,986 | 9 | 77 |
| 2020 | — | #3,307 | — | 34 |
| 2010 | — | #7,369 | — | 11 |
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How popular is Kru, counting every spelling?
Kru is a spelling of Cru, a name family that ranked #1,086 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,986 for Kru 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 Kru?
77 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kru (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kru 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 109 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kru.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kru?
About 600 people born in the US named Kru are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Kru 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.
Kru by state
How common Kru was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (1.9×). In 43 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 Kru: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kru, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kru
How popular is the name Kru?
Kru was the 1986th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1869th with 86 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,432 places. More babies were named Kru in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kru a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 9% girls, 91% boys given the name Kru in the US.
Where is Kru most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kru was most common in Georgia (0.08 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and Texas.