Unisex name · since 2008
Kru
595 babies named Kru in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,108 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,991 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 595
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
595 babies have been named Kru since 2008, making it today's #1991 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Kru recorded 595 times among boys since 2008, holding rank #1991 nationally today, ahead of 86% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #7,108 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,991 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 595 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kru ranks #7,108 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,991 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 595 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,108 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,991 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 595
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kru's 595 recorded births place it above 84.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kru compares
595 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Kru's all-time total is 61% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kru | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 595 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kru's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kru's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 86, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kru popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kru popularity over time - girls
36 total births recorded since 2021 (Kru as girls' name)
Kru by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (410 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Kru's strongest decade.
410 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Kru births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 158
2010s
158 births
- 2020s
2020s
410 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 410 births (69% of all-time use).
How Kru 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 Kru's total volume
Kru by state
Where Kru concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 54 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 21 | 3.5% |
| #3 | California | | 20 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Utah | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.8% |
54 of 595 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Kru appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Krus (54 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kru: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
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, 2008–2025 (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 Kru 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.