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Boy's name · #1611 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Cru is near its high-water mark: it reached #1331 in 2022 and still ranked #1611 in 2025. About 1,600 boys have carried it since 1990.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#2,095 in Canada (2025) · #4,275 in England & Wales (2025) · #728 in Scotland (2023) · #741 in Ireland (2020).
Cru is a rare spelling of Crew (#256) and Krew (#601) — about 4% of babies given the name are written this way.
Similar names: Kru · Alister · Kruz · Jru · Cai · Krue
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