Kross — #1315 US boys' name
1,373 babies named Kross in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
66% of everyone ever named Kross was born in this single decade.
195 babies were named Kross in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kross
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,373 babies named Kross between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kross currently holds the #1315 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 195 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kross performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 900 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kross shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 174 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kross in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kross 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 1,373 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.
Kross at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kross popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2022)
- 195
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #1315 among boys.
1,373 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 195 births in a single year.
Kross popularity over time — girls
42 total births recorded since 2019 (Kross as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kross accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kross by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 900 births that decade — 66% of Kross's all-time total
Kross decade highlights
- Peak decade 900 births
- Runner-up 284 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kross's strongest decade
900 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Kross by state
Where Kross concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 174 | 12.7% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 89 | 6.5% |
| #3 | California | | 88 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 54 | 3.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 45 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 39 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 32 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 27 | 2.0% |
174 of 1,373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.5% of nationwide
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kross appears in 24 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, 1997–2024 (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.