# Cruz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cruz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,024 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30,792 / 4,232 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,407, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,833 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,517 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,929 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,682 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,017 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,837 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,084 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,200 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,479 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,196 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,265 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,822 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,223 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,695 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,215 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,098 | 300 |
| 2012 | 1,232 | 284 |
| 2013 | 1,250 | 279 |
| 2014 | 1,224 | 290 |
| 2015 | 1,065 | 324 |
| 2016 | 1,015 | 341 |
| 2017 | 970 | 347 |
| 2018 | 1,022 | 326 |
| 2019 | 1,115 | 304 |
| 2020 | 1,098 | 303 |
| 2021 | 1,117 | 297 |
| 2022 | 1,066 | 315 |
| 2023 | 1,015 | 329 |
| 2024 | 1,115 | 303 |
| 2025 | 1,025 | 331 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99 | 401 |
| 2012 | 94 | 422 |
| 2013 | 97 | 420 |
| 2014 | 107 | 381 |
| 2015 | 103 | 406 |
| 2016 | 127 | 365 |
| 2017 | 122 | 374 |
| 2018 | 134 | 341 |
| 2019 | 108 | 402 |
| 2020 | 117 | 372 |
| 2021 | 170 | 269 |
| 2022 | 145 | 311 |
| 2023 | 185 | 254 |
| 2024 | 218 | 227 |
| 2025 | 258 | 200 |

## People named Cruz

- Bernardino Cruz Cortez, Filipino Catholic bishop (born 1949)
- Manuel C. Sobreviñas, Filippino Roman Catholic bishop (1924–2020)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.