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Croix

Masculine · “cross”

Croix is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,179 boys against 22 girls since 1880.

1987high 2019
#2332 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare59 boys in 2025

Croix is a cross in French — from the Latin crux — and the word for a Roman execution device became the central Christian symbol.

How old is the name Croix?

Croix first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Croix is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Croix are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Croix most popular?

Croix peaked in 2019, reaching #1762 nationally. Today it ranks #2332, 570 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Croix

Crux named a Roman execution stake, and the same word gives crucial — a crossroads decision — and excruciating. St Croix in the Virgin Islands and the Sainte-Croix of French place names carry it. Croix appears in American records as a given name in current use.

Meaning

cross

From the French croix, from the Latin crux, 'cross' or 'gallows'. The Latin named an instrument of execution, and 'excruciating' comes from the same root — literally 'out of the cross'. The etymology is documented.

How the name formed

  1. crux
  2. croix
  3. Croix

Related forms: Croix · Crux · Cruz

Pronouncing Croix

KRWAH

One syllable. Many American speakers say KROY or KROIX instead.

Nicknames for Croix

Moderate

CroThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
CruzThe Spanish equivalent, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1987–202588440885919872025

US babies named Croix per year from 1987 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#17621980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1987
Most boys named
201988 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1762reached in 2019
Change vs 2024
+13.5%59 in 2025, from 52
Croix sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2019, with 88 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Croix in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Croix in French — same name
  • Crux in Latin — related form
  • Cruz in Spanish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas.

Croixs among us

1,200

people named Croix are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,950 born in 2025 was named Croix

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Croix

#2332
Croix on the 2025 chart
#863
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Croix went to 59 boys in 2025, but Kroix is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 65, which makes it the 863rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,469 places above the chart.

  • Croix59
  • Kroix6

About 1 boy in 26,278 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,950 for Croix itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Ky test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Croix's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ky climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ky's path sketches the road Croix is walking now.

40%chance Croix will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Croix, aligned on its peakKy· peak 1987not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+40 yrsKy · #3711Croix today
Croix today is about where Ky stood in 1993 — 6 years past a #1760-sized peak. By 2008, Ky had settled around #3662.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Croix sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Croix is headed

19872030

US babies named Croix per year, 1987 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Croix should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-12% by 2030projected around #2,660 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Croix beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Croix in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Croixthis name59#2332Rishaan59#2332Harlen59#2332Kobi59#2332Keyon59#2332

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That 'excruciating' and 'crucial' come from the cross is a first-rate etymology.
  • Cruz is available as a related name with a real record.
  • One syllable in French, sharp and compact.
What to consider
  • The French pronunciation is not obvious from the spelling.
  • American speakers say it several different ways.
  • It is an ordinary French noun and reads as one.

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Frequently asked

How many Croixs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Croix are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Croix?
Croix is the most-used spelling in US records — 59 of the 65 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kroix.
How popular is the name Croix in 2025?
Croix ranks #2332 among US boy names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Croix?
About 1 in every 28,950 US boys born in 2025 was named Croix — 59 in all.
Will my child share the name Croix with classmates?
Croix will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Croix

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Rishaan#2332 · Harlen#2332 · Kobi#2332 · Keyon#2332 · Oak#2332 · Layth#2332 · Merlin#2332 · Skye#2332

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