How Many People Are Named Cruise?
An estimated 398 people in the United States have the first name Cruise. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Cruise peaked in popularity in 2023 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cruise as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cruise paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
398
About 1 in 861,192 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2023
26 births
Total Registered
403
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cruise
Cruise is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 403 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cruise as a male name
Ranked #5,943 in 2024
15 male births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (26 births)
Cruise: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cruise span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 138 babies were registered. While Cruise is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Cruise by Decade
How has Cruise tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cruise by State
Cruise + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cruise as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cruise
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cruise: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cruise?
We estimate approximately 398 people named Cruise are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 861,192 Americans share this first name.
Is Cruise a common name?
Cruise is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 403 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cruise most popular?
Cruise reached peak popularity in 2023, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cruise is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cruise a male name?
Cruise is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cruise Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cruise Smith, Cruise Johnson, Cruise Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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