NameTides

Kruz

Kruz was the #1,212 boys' name in the US in 2025 (167 babies), and #1,276 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Kruz as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kruz as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Kruz as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,212 (167)#1,276 (22)#560 (5)—#829 (3)#3,153 (5)
2024#1,271 (155)#2,672 (8)—#404 (3)—#2,439 (7)
2023#1,185 (171)#1,800 (13)#533 (5)——#1,687 (11)
2022#1,096 (197)#1,534 (16)#590 (4)—#779 (3)#1,178 (18)
2021#1,125 (181)#1,688 (14)—#433 (3)—#1,478 (13)
2020#1,069 (187)#1,935 (11)——#741 (3)#1,520 (12)
2019#1,218 (156)#2,104 (10)—#365 (4)—#1,256 (16)
2018#1,219 (153)#1,786 (13)#595 (4)#416 (3)—#1,682 (10)
2017#1,460 (116)#2,512 (8)#733 (3)——#1,623 (11)
2016#1,433 (121)#3,079 (6)—#358 (4)—#1,283 (15)
2015#1,252 (144)#2,319 (9)#588 (4)——#1,384 (13)
2014#1,225 (149)#3,362 (5)———#898 (25)
2013#1,413 (118)#3,822 (4)———#1,109 (18)
2012#1,562 (101)#2,721 (7)———#928 (23)
2011#1,459 (112)#2,613 (7)———#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,096.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kruz is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,500 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kruz by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kruz (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KruzCanadaBoys#3,1535
KruzEngland & WalesBoys#1,27622
KruzIrelandBoys#8293
KruzNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KruzScotlandBoys#5605
KruzUSGirls—too few
KruzUSBoys#1,212167