Cruz is a distinctive choice, ranked #200 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Cruz in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#200
US Rank #331
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About the Name Cruz
Cruz has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #227. The name has climbed 145 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.
Cruz is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Cruz in their class.
In the US it sits at #303 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Cruz
Cruz Beckham — Cruz David Beckham is a British singer and musician, best known as the youngest son of former England footballer David Beckham and singer/designer Victoria Beckham.
Jose Cruz — José Cruz is a former Puerto Rican baseball player.
Alexis Cruz — Alexis Cruz is an American actor, known for his performances as Rafael in Touched by an Angel and as Skaara in Stargate and Stargate SG-1.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Cruz
Unlikely. With around 258 UK babies named Cruz per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Cruz in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Cruz is at its highest recorded position — #200 in 2025, with 258 births. In 2020 it ranked #372.
Cruz is more popular in the UK (#227) than in the US (#303). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Cruz include: Cruz Beckham, Jose Cruz and Alexis Cruz. Short summaries for each appear below.
Cruz appears in the US top 500 at #303 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
258
UK babies named Cruz (2025)
~0.0
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 172 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Cruz
Almost certainly the only Cruz in the class
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UK Popularity (2004–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Cruz
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Cruz David Beckham is a British singer and musician, best known as the youngest son of former England footballer David Beckham and singer/designer Victoria Beckham.
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse", "The Mexican Phoenix", and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics.
Michael Warren Cruz is a Guamanian surgeon and former politician who served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Guam from January 1, 2007 to January 3, 2011.