Meaning and history
Cruz is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning “cross,” originally referring to the cross of the Crucifixion.
20062006: 524 births, rank #494
2007: 672 births, rank #429
2008: 846 births, rank #367
2009: 906 births, rank #346
2010: 991 births, rank #321
20112011: 1,098 births, rank #300
2012: 1,232 births, rank #284
2013: 1,250 births, rank #279
2014: 1,224 births, rank #290
2015: 1,065 births, rank #324
20162016: 1,015 births, rank #341
2017: 970 births, rank #347
2018: 1,022 births, rank #326
2019: 1,115 births, rank #304
2020: 1,098 births, rank #303
20212021: 1,117 births, rank #297
2022: 1,066 births, rank #315
2023: 1,015 births, rank #329
2024: 1,115 births, rank #303
20252025: 1,025 births, rank #331
Cruz moved from #303 to #331 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2013, with 1,250 births.