Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cruz

Gender

Male

Origin

Spanish
The Cross Bearer
Cross
Portuguese

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Surname
  • Word

Pronunciation

c-ruz

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #278, 1,245 births); most recent 2025 (rank #331, 1,025 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1923 (rank #793, 84 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7133, 15 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,02515
20241,11017
20231,01319
20221,06528
20211,11733
20201,09824
20191,11523
20181,02025
201797026
20161,01422

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #200, 258 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #4643, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025258–
2024218–
2023185–
20221454
2021170–
2020117–
2019108–
2018134–
2017122–
2016127–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #2344, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20235
20224
20215
2020–
20196
20185
20175
20169
20155
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #280, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #336, 11 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202511
202411
202315
202214
20215
20205
20196
20184
2017–
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #152, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #152, 29 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202529
202426
202331
202223
202121
202016
201923
201816
201714
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #213, 10 births); most recent 2025 (rank #270, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20256
20248
20234
20229
20216
20206
20196
20183
20175
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #129, 32 births); most recent 2023 (rank #203, 17 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202317
202213
202121
202032
201921
201813
201718
201622
201522
201428

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence