Cross
#3,960 most common boys' name of all time · #9,649 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1997–2025
Rank among boys
#3,960
Rank overall
#9,649 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
1,381
Since 2016
549
Peak year
2025 #1,968
Best rank
#1,665 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Cross first appears in 1997. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 78 | 84 | #1,968 |
| 2024 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,469 |
| 2023 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,241 |
| 2022 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,977 |
| 2020 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,228 |
| 2019 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,618 |
| 2018 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,511 |
| 2017 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,300 |
| 2016 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,861 |
| 2015 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,136 |
| 2014 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,750 |
| 2013 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,707 |
| 2012 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,102 |
| 2011 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,868 |
| 2010 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,227 |
| 2009 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | — | 40 | 40 | #3,001 |
| 2007 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,761 |
| 2006 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,300 |
| 2005 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,396 |
| 2004 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,178 |
| 2002 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,222 |
| 2001 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,840 |
| 2000 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,297 |
| 1999 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,161 |
| 1998 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,665 |
| 1997 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,095 |