boy's name
Kru
- Gender Boy
- Letters 3
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 631
Kru is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 86 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 93 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 38,551 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2008.
Kru over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 27 |
| 2010s | 158 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 446 |
How popular is Kru?
In 2025, Kru was given to 86 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Kru
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kru also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kru over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Kru
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kru — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kru
How popular is the name Kru?
In 2025, Kru was given to 86 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Kru a girl's or a boy's name?
Kru is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Kru most popular?
Kru peaked in 2024, when 93 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Kru a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kru currently ranks #1,991 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.