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Boy's name · #1611 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Cru is near its high-water mark: it reached #1331 in 2022 and still ranked #1611 in 2025. About 1,600 boys have carried it since 1990.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#2,370 in Canada (2024).
Together with its spelling variant Kru (#1986), Cru would rank around #1154 with about 180 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Cru and Kru.
Similar names: Kysen · Kruz · Jru · Kacen · Crue · Tru
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