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How popular is “Cruz” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cruz” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cruz” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cruz” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cruz” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cruz” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cruz” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cruz” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 15 0.000038786 10 5 33%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 19 0.00004482 7 12 -26%
1906 16 0.000037344 11 5 38%
1907 23 0.000049421 13 10 13%
1908 14 0.00002865 9 5 29%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1910 26 0.000044015 17 9 31%
1911 29 0.000045012 13 16 -10%
1912 37 0.000037447 17 20 -8%
1913 43 0.000037815 27 16 26%
1914 56 0.000039538 31 25 11%
1915 74 0.000040384 36 38 -3%
1916 51 0.000026365 23 28 -10%
1917 66 0.000032889 28 38 -15%
1918 88 0.000040532 47 41 7%
1919 132 0.000062552 67 65 2%
1920 127 0.000056129 56 71 -12%
1921 126 0.000053973 68 58 8%
1922 110 0.000048053 48 62 -13%
1923 155 0.000067319 84 71 8%
1924 121 0.000050806 53 68 -12%
1925 161 0.000069001 76 85 -6%
1926 136 0.000059236 52 84 -24%
1927 137 0.000059068 62 75 -9%
1928 149 0.000065902 72 77 -3%
1929 146 0.000066601 64 82 -12%
1930 125 0.000056223 61 64 -2%
1931 137 0.000065102 68 69 -1%
1932 110 0.000052101 43 67 -22%
1933 102 0.000051014 38 64 -25%
1934 100 0.000048151 47 53 -6%
1935 115 0.000055027 42 73 -27%
1936 120 0.00005776 62 58 3%
1937 118 0.000055382 58 60 -2%
1938 130 0.000058755 53 77 -18%
1939 124 0.000056276 54 70 -13%
1940 123 0.000053416 53 70 -14%
1941 99 0.000040633 42 57 -15%
1942 123 0.000045025 46 77 -25%
1943 113 0.000040035 38 75 -33%
1944 101 0.000037545 40 61 -21%
1945 99 0.000037318 40 59 -19%
1946 130 0.000040685 54 76 -17%
1947 124 0.000034422 45 79 -27%
1948 128 0.000037074 52 76 -19%
1949 156 0.000044766 56 100 -28%
1950 134 0.000038249 47 87 -30%
1951 136 0.000036919 51 85 -25%
1952 120 0.000031596 33 87 -45%
1953 126 0.000032696 46 80 -27%
1954 113 0.000028387 42 71 -26%
1955 116 0.000028891 39 77 -33%
1956 141 0.000034198 54 87 -23%
1957 132 0.000031413 53 79 -20%
1958 148 0.000035802 52 96 -30%
1959 119 0.00002862 35 84 -41%
1960 129 0.000031056 47 82 -27%
1961 105 0.000025348 22 83 -58%
1962 107 0.000026516 31 76 -42%
1963 106 0.00002678 34 72 -36%
1964 121 0.000031125 36 85 -40%
1965 92 0.000025376 28 64 -39%
1966 109 0.000031361 33 76 -39%
1967 87 0.000025627 28 59 -36%
1968 103 0.000030488 28 75 -46%
1969 111 0.000031939 24 87 -57%
1970 99 0.00002745 31 68 -37%
1971 92 0.000026804 29 63 -37%
1972 104 0.000033089 30 74 -42%
1973 97 0.000032152 27 70 -44%
1974 111 0.000036513 26 85 -53%
1975 103 0.000034113 32 71 -38%
1976 108 0.000035593 27 81 -50%
1977 102 0.000032111 19 83 -63%
1978 137 0.000043165 22 115 -68%
1979 102 0.000030658 24 78 -53%
1980 121 0.000035128 31 90 -49%
1981 124 0.000035845 34 90 -45%
1982 133 0.000037914 31 102 -53%
1983 120 0.000034649 26 94 -57%
1984 136 0.000038982 32 104 -53%
1985 149 0.000041747 29 120 -61%
1986 171 0.000048073 19 152 -78%
1987 183 0.000050754 15 168 -84%
1988 195 0.000052773 22 173 -77%
1989 223 0.000058006 17 206 -85%
1990 221 0.000055914 21 200 -81%
1991 206 0.000052885 18 188 -83%
1992 196 0.000051025 27 169 -72%
1993 209 0.000055434 28 181 -73%
1994 230 0.000061867 22 208 -81%
1995 259 0.000070723 32 227 -75%
1996 242 0.000066352 23 219 -81%
1997 257 0.000070882 28 229 -78%
1998 299 0.00008129 38 261 -75%
1999 268 0.000072553 25 243 -81%
2000 301 0.000079632 19 282 -87%
2001 360 0.00009617 27 333 -85%
2002 337 0.000090148 35 302 -79%
2003 375 0.000098624 16 359 -91%
2004 433 0.000113323 27 406 -88%
2005 496 0.000129004 19 477 -92%
2006 544 0.000137506 20 524 -93%
2007 700 0.000175101 28 672 -92%
2008 874 0.000222354 28 846 -94%
2009 925 0.000242136 19 906 -96%
2010 1013 0.000274099 22 991 -96%
2011 1127 0.000308109 29 1098 -95%
2012 1264 0.000345604 32 1232 -95%
2013 1278 0.000350553 28 1250 -96%
2014 1254 0.000338336 30 1224 -95%
2015 1092 0.000295062 27 1065 -95%
2016 1036 0.000282389 22 1014 -96%
2017 996 0.000278508 26 970 -95%
2018 1045 0.000297221 25 1020 -95%
2019 1138 0.000327866 23 1115 -96%
2020 1122 0.00033587 24 1098 -96%
2021 1150 0.000339438 33 1117 -94%
2022 1093 0.000323073 28 1065 -95%
2023 1032 0.00031167 19 1013 -96%
2024 1127 0.000338591 17 1110 -97%

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