Boys' name · since 2005

Cruiz

47 babies named Cruiz in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#22,559 of 45,481
all-time among boys
47
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade

Cruiz sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 47 recorded since 2005.

Cruiz has 47 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2019.

  • #22,559 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 47 born since 2005
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cruiz ranks #22,559 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.

#22,559 of 45,481
all-time among boys
47
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Cruiz's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Cruiz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Cruiz's full recorded timeline at 2012, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Cruiz popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2015)
9
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
45678910 2005200720102012201320152019 5

Cruiz by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 72% of the file).

2010s was Cruiz's strongest decade.

34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.

Cruiz births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (72% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cruiz? ▼
Cruiz has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 2005, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #22,559 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2019. 9 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
Where does Cruiz sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cruiz ranks #22,559 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Cruiz most popular? ▼
Cruiz was most popular in the 2010s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Cruiz been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Cruiz since 2005 -- 15 years through the most recent 2019 data.
What names are similar to Cruiz? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cruz, Crue, Cru, Cruze, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Cruiz

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Two nationwide peer axes for Cruiz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cruiz draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.