Cruise
Masculine
Cruise entered the US charts in 1987, peaked at #2725 in 1987, ranks #8243 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Cruise?
Cruise first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Cruise alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 400 people named Cruise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cruise most popular?
Cruise peaked in 1987, reaching #2725 nationally. Today it ranks #8243, 5,518 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 202326 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2725reached in 1987
- Change vs 2024
- −40.0%9 in 2025, from 15
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.
Cruise in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Cruises among us
people named Cruise are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 189,786 born in 2025 was named Cruise
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lean test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cruise's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lean climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lean's path sketches the road Cruise is walking now.
Cruise 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
Cruise beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cruise in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Masculine · #8243 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Cruises are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Cruise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cruise in 2025?
- Cruise ranks #8243 among US boy names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cruise?
- About 1 in every 189,786 US boys born in 2025 was named Cruise — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cruise with classmates?
- Cruise will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Cruise
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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