Kross

“Occupational German surname for a maker of pitchers (Middle Low German krus)” — German (occupational surname) origin

Boy's name · #1150 in the US (2025) · Trending

Kross is climbing: on the charts since 1997, it is ranked #1150 in 2025, with about 180 boys given the name last year. Roughly 1,600 have carried it all-time. In Louisiana it runs about 5× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Cross (#1960), Kross would rank around #906 with about 260 births last year — the newborns split about 70/30 between Kross and Cross.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

In stories & tradition

Kross — Daddy DJ

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