Cruz

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cruz: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cruz: Recorded every year since 2004, it reached #95 in 2011, and it stood at #348 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#95highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#5742
2022	#4645

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #169 among boys in Scotland, #227 among boys in England and Wales, #239 among boys in Northern Ireland, #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 2004–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cruz appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 2,142 births with the name.

Cruz across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cruz's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#227 (2024)	#227 (2024)	21 of 21	2,142 (2004–2024)	218 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#288 (2023)	#348 (2025)	15 of 21	107 (2005–2025)	15 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#213 (2014)	#239 (2024)	17 of 17	102 (2008–2024)	10 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#5742 (2013)	#4645 (2022)	#4645 (2022)	2 of 10	7 (2013–2022)	4 (2022)

Cruz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cruz in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	229	6 of 10	38
2010s	1,078	10 of 10	108
2020sbusiest	835	5 of 10	167

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 167 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 53, from 117 to 170.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cruz appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in New Zealand in 2011.

Cruz's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#227	218	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#254	185	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#311	145	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#269	170	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#372	117	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#402	108	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#341	134	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#374	122	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#365	127	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#406	103	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#381	107	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#420	97	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#422	94	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#401	99	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#433	87	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#485	73	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#557	59	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#698	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#663	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#95	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#239	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#248	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	15	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#169	26	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 2004 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #95, first reached in 2011.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 218 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jett · #72, 27y
Lyla · #68, 27y
Nova · #59, 24y
Aila · #135, 27y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Emilian · #96, 21y
Parker · #93, 22y
Rehmat · #93, 16y
Zorawar · #97, 19y

Cruz was ranked #95 in New Zealand · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cruz and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cruz without appearing here.

Cruz moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #433 and #4678.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #485 and #4527.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #663 and #4052.
Gustav Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3651 and #2070 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1456 and #3849.

Moved ahead of Cruz

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #213 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #342 and #126.
Teddy Compare
In 2014 they stood at #213 and #243 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #342 and #179.
Arlo Compare
In 2014 they stood at #213 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #342 and #211.
Hudson Compare
In 2014 they stood at #213 and #228 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #342 and #259.

Moved the opposite way to Cruz

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Cruz

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cruz went from #3651 to #227 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in New Zealand in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cruz

Cruz at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cruz across 4 official records

Cruz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cruz appears in

Popularity data

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Cruz at a glance

Cruz across 4 official records

Cruz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cruz appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Cruz

Cruz and the names beside it

Cruz moved ahead of

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