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Cruz Name Popularity

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How popular is Cruz?

Ranking 327th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Cruz is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #279 in 2013 with 1,247 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Cruz was less than 5, most recently in 1909.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Cruz occurred roughly during the years 1909-1915, 1916-1919, 1944-1949, 1975-1978, 1985-1989, and 1997-2012, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1931-1934.

Sometimes the name Cruz has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

How popular will Cruz be?

Cruz's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Cruz for their newborn has dropped.

The name Cruz is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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		Cruz (Girl)		Cruz (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		25	5,154	1,011	327
2017		26	5,075	966	348
2016		22	5,825	1,013	341
2015		27	5,008	1,064	324
2014		30	4,677	1,221	290
2013		28	4,923	1,247	279
2012		32	4,511	1,232	284
2011		29	4,825	1,097	300
2010		22	6,018	991	321
2009		18	7,122	905	346
2008		28	5,174	844	367
2007		28	5,128	672	429
2006		20	6,418	523	495
2005		19	6,327	477	515
2004		27	4,840	406	561
2003		16	6,955	359	598
2002		35	3,744	302	642
2001		26	4,589	333	596
2000		19	5,758	282	643
1999		25	4,475	243	691
1998		38	3,239	261	660
1997		28	3,916	229	696
1996		23	4,476	219	717
1995		32	3,433	227	703
1994		22	4,556	208	724
1993		28	3,798	181	785
1992		27	3,889	169	802
1991		18	5,222	188	743
1990		21	4,551	200	719
1989		17	5,096	207	691
1988		22	4,042	173	711
1987		15	5,121	168	705
1986		19	4,221	152	733
1985		29	3,099	120	810
1984		32	2,792	104	863
1983		26	3,167	94	909
1982		31	2,911	102	884
1981		34	2,667	90	947
1980		31	2,881	90	946
1979		24	3,359	78	1,006
1978		22	3,410	114	794
1977		19	3,783	83	933
1976		27	2,806	81	930
1975		32	2,463	71	972
1974		26	2,772	86	862
1973		27	2,639	68	981
1972		30	2,404	74	930
1971		29	2,550	63	1,026
1970		31	2,406	68	980
1969		24	2,714	87	829
1968		28	2,305	75	840
1967		28	2,281	59	941
1966		33	2,028	76	835
1965		28	2,259	64	926
1964		36	1,985	85	819
1963		34	2,025	72	882
1962		31	2,122	76	871
1961		22	2,623	83	841
1960		47	1,641	83	833
1959		35	1,885	83	835
1958		52	1,481	96	757
1957		53	1,462	79	845
1956		54	1,438	87	795
1955		39	1,644	76	845
1954		42	1,564	72	864
1953		46	1,443	80	802
1952		33	1,716	86	759
1951		51	1,306	86	752
1950		47	1,333	87	737
1949		56	1,212	100	684
1948		52	1,274	76	785
1947		45	1,380	79	773
1946		54	1,166	76	762
1945		40	1,266	59	809
1944		40	1,260	61	803
1943		38	1,329	75	747
1942		46	1,165	77	734
1941		42	1,152	57	840
1940		53	982	70	731
1939		54	963	70	715
1938		53	976	77	691
1937		58	905	59	802
1936		62	862	58	807
1935		42	1,074	73	711
1934		47	1,010	53	863
1933		38	1,143	64	763
1932		43	1,086	67	772
1931		68	832	69	743
1930		61	937	64	811
1929		64	898	82	679
1928		72	855	77	732
1927		62	967	75	757
1926		52	1,035	84	692
1925		76	854	85	702
1924		53	1,070	68	819
1923		84	793	71	787
1922		48	1,108	62	872
1921		68	893	58	923
1920		56	982	71	794
1919		67	850	65	812
1918		47	1,066	41	1,066
1917		28	1,406	38	1,082
1916		23	1,595	28	1,271
1915		36	1,142	38	1,041
1914		31	1,084	25	1,163
1913		27	1,046	16	1,325
1912		17	1,316	20	1,033
1911		13	1,322	16	834
1910		17	1,079	9	1,134
1909		10	1,386	< 5	--
1908		9	1,460	5	1,428
1907		13	1,106	10	882
1906		11	1,170	5	1,284
1905		7	1,570	12	710
1904		9	1,284	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	5	1,158
1902		10	1,148	5	1,182
1901		7	1,371	< 5	--
1900		6	1,771	< 5	--
1899		6	1,443	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		6	1,451	< 5	--
1895		5	1,649	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		6	1,315	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		8	1,022	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	6	837

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.