Krue
Krue was the 937th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 251 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 935th; the most babies were born in 2025 (251). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,807 places. More babies were named Krue in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Crue) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #937 boys, up 600 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 251boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025251 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,629babies recorded
What does the name Krue mean?
Krue is a spelling of Crue, pronounced the same way, so it shares Crue's meaning and origin.
Crue has no documented etymology as a given name. It is a modern American name, recorded in SSA data for boys from the late 1980s and more widely in the 2020s. It may be a respelling of the English word crew, from Middle English crue 'reinforcement', and some parents may have the band Mötley Crüe in mind, but these are associations rather than a recorded origin. We therefore do not give it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern coinage; no dictionary entry for the name.
Sources for this meaning
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
- Wiktionary, entry 'crew' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Krue popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #5,489 | #937 | 23 | 251 |
| 2020 | #14,353 | #1,537 | 6 | 108 |
| 2010 | — | #6,234 | — | 14 |
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How popular is Krue, counting every spelling?
Krue is a spelling of Crue, a name family that ranked #538 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #937 for Krue on its own. Together these spellings went to 565 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crue | 314 | #797 | 1,617 |
| Krue | 251 | #937 | 1,023 |
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 Krue?
251 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Krue (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Krue 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 33 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Krue.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Krue?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Krue are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Krue 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.
Krue by state
How common Krue was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.5×), Iowa (2.6×), Indiana (2.5×), Oklahoma (2.1×), Pennsylvania (2.0×). In 25 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 Krue: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Krue, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Krue
How popular is the name Krue?
Krue was the 937th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 251 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 935th; the most babies were born in 2025 (251). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,807 places. More babies were named Krue in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Krue a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Krue in the US.
Where is Krue most popular?
In 2021–2025, Krue was most common in Louisiana (0.42 per 1,000 boys), followed by West Virginia and Iowa.