Kross Boy
How popular is Kross?
#1,145 boy name in 2025
184 baby boys were named Kross in the US in 2025, making it the 1145th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Kross popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,145 for boys (▲ 169 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 184 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+922% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,056 in 2015, #1,095 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (195 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,092 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 96% boys, 4% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kross counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cruz family of names ranked #238 for boys in 2025 (#240 the year before), with 1,583 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cruz | 1,025 | 65% |
| Kruz | 167 | 11% |
| Kross | 184 | 12% |
| Cross | 78 | 5% |
| Kris | 37 | 2% |
| Cruze | 37 | 2% |
| Kruze | 30 | 2% |
| Cris | 14 | 1% |
| Criss | 5 | 0% |
| Cruse | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kross is most popular
Babies named Kross per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- District of Columbia: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (31 boys)
Kross by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kross
Questions
- Is Kross a boy or girl name?
- Kross is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Kross were boys.
- How popular is the name Kross?
- 184 baby boys were named Kross in the US in 2025, making it the 1145th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Kross most popular?
- Kross peaked in 2022, when 195 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,092 in 2021.
- How many people are named Kross?
- 1,604 babies have been named Kross in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,596 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Kross most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kross was most common in Louisiana, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.