Maricruz — #8503 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maricruz

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,903 babies named Maricruz between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maricruz currently holds the #8503 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 169 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maricruz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,088 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maricruz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,210 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Maricruz in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maricruz 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 2,903 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.