Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Cruz

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cruz
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2013

Peak rank proxy

1,250

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20132024

Peak year

2013

Decline from peak

11.2%

2024

1,110

All-time

29,755

Cruz has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2013, when 1,250 boys were named Cruz.

In 2024, only 1,110 boys were given the name.

Down 11.2% from its peak.

All told, about 29,755 Americans have been named Cruz and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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