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Cruz name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Cruz ranks #331 in male records (1,025 reported) and #7,215 in female records (15 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#7,215 · 15 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 2 female records (17 to 15); rank moved from #6,695 to #7,215.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 18 female records (33 to 15); rank moved from #4,265 to #7,215.
2025 male rank and count
#331 · 1,025 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 90 male records (1,115 to 1,025); rank moved from #303 to #331.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 92 male records (1,117 to 1,025); rank moved from #297 to #331.
Peak year in available data
2021: 1,117 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Cruz becoming more popular?

Cruz's reported male count decreased by 90 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #303 to #331. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Cruz in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CruzFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,1170201620252016: 22 female records2017: 26 female records2018: 25 female records2019: 23 female records2020: 24 female records2021: 33 female records2022: 28 female records2023: 19 female records2024: 17 female records2025: 15 female records2016: 1,015 male records2017: 970 male records2018: 1,022 male records2019: 1,115 male records2020: 1,098 male records2021: 1,117 male records2022: 1,066 male records2023: 1,015 male records2024: 1,115 male records2025: 1,025 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025157,2151,025331
2024176,6951,115303
2023196,2231,015329
2022284,8221,066315
2021334,2651,117297
2020245,1961,098303
2019235,4791,115304
2018255,2001,022326
2017265,084970347
2016225,8371,015341

Questions about Cruz’s popularity

How common is Cruz in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Cruz ranks #331 in male records (1,025 reported) and #7,215 in female records (15 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Cruz?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Cruz only.

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