Cruzita

Girls' name

Diminutive of Cruz

Cruzita has been given to 257 babies in the U.S. since 1927. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1954, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Cruzita, 2005

1 in 641,000

Cruzita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cruzita: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Cruz

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cruzita means

Cruzita is a diminutive of Cruz.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Cruzita is used in Spanish (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /kɾu.ˈθi.ta/ and /kɾu.ˈsi.ta/ for Cruzita.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Cruzita → Cruz. The family’s meaning is “cross”, recorded in Spanish with the source elements cruz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cruz.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 257 girls were recorded with the name Cruzita between 1927 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1954; its best national rank was #3,047 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cruzita?

Cruzita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 641,000; 6 of 3,844,258 births
Among girls only: 1 in 308,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 444,107 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cruzita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 444,107 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cruzita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cruzitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cruzita was born before 1955 — so the typical Cruzita is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 17.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 166; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Cruzita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1954 (14)
Years since peak: 71; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,047; 1954

Where Cruzita is used

Across 1910–2025, Cruzita was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 546,231 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Mexico1 in 100,000
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cruzita has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Cruzita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,047; 1954
Peak year: 1954; 14 that year
First recorded: 1927
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 257
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cruzita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Crucita Crusita Samhita Anahita Sulamita Talita Rosalita Marnita Darnita Naquita Chinita Nikhita Nandita Taquita Anvita Jeanita Lakeita Shekita Agapita Perlita Chonita Marlita Akshita Trinita

Sibling names for Cruzita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Marita Jacalyn Luanne Romona Louann Madonna Merry Gayla

For a brother

Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold Leigh Garth Sandy Dirk

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