Cru

“Modern coinage — a short, invented given name” — Modern coinage origin

Boy's name · #1609 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Cru has appeared in US records since 1990 — best rank #1330 (2022) · 1,553 babies named Cru all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 20,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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