Kru

“From the Kru people of West Africa” — West African (ethnonym, Kru people) origin

Boy's name · #1986 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Kru is a new arrival: it first appears in US records in 2008, and every one of the roughly 600 boys who carry it was born since. In 2025 it ranked #1986, with about 80 newborns. Together with its spelling variant Cru (#1611), Kru would rank around #1154 with about 180 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Cru and Kru.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Similar names: Masai · Kruz · Jru · Ajani · Dakoda · Jakobe

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