Boys' name · since 1997
Kross
Kross has 1,557 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,150 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,557
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kross currently ranks #1150 among boys' names in America, with 1,557 babies recorded since 1997.
Kross has 1,557 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1150 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #3,849 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,150 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,557 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kross ranks #3,849 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,150 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,557 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,150 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,557
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kross's 1,557 recorded births place it above 91.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kross compares
1,557 Top 25% higher than 75% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kross's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kross | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,557 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 195 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kross's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kross's full recorded timeline at 2011, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 195 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kross popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 195
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kross popularity over time - girls
47 total births recorded since 2019 (Kross as girls' name)
Kross by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,084 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Kross's strongest decade.
1,084 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Kross births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 59
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 130
2000s
130 births
- 2010s 284
2010s
284 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,084 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,084 births (70% of all-time use).
How Kross compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kross's total volume
Kross by state
Where Kross concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 198 | 12.7% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 103 | 6.6% |
| #3 | California | | 102 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 67 | 4.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 56 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 39 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 38 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 37 | 2.4% |
198 of 1,557 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Kross appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Krosss (198 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Kross 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.