Cruze — #3066 US boys' name
824 babies named Cruze in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Cruze was born in this single decade.
80 babies were named Cruze in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cruze
The Social Security Administration has registered 824 babies named Cruze between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cruze currently holds the #3066 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 80 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cruze performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 530 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cruze shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cruze in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cruze in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 824 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cruze at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cruze popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2013)
- 80
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #3066 among boys.
824 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 80 births in a single year.
Cruze by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 530 births that decade — 64% of Cruze's all-time total
Cruze decade highlights
- Peak decade 530 births
- Runner-up 225 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cruze's strongest decade
530 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Cruze by state
Where Cruze concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 21 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 21 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 9 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Utah | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.6% |
41 of 824 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Utah 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cruze appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.