Cruzita — girls' name
257 babies named Cruzita in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Cruzita was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Cruzita in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cruzita
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Cruzita between 1927 and 2005, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cruzita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cruzita performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cruzita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Cruzita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cruzita 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 257 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.
Cruzita at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cruzita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1927
- Peak year (1954)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
257 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 14 births in a single year.
Cruzita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 62 births that decade — 24% of Cruzita's all-time total
Cruzita decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Cruzita's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Cruzita by state
Where Cruzita concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 5.4% |
| #2 | New Mexico | | 10 | 3.9% |
14 of 257 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- New Mexico 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1927–2005 (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.