Maricruz

#7,740 in 2025Girls' name

Short form of María Cruz

Maricruz has been given to 2,917 babies in the U.S. since 1962. In 2025 it ranked #7,740 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 169 recorded.

Babies named Maricruz, 2025

1 in 237,000

Maricruz 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maricruz: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of María Cruz

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maricruz means

Maricruz is a short form of María Cruz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include María Cruz.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,917 girls were recorded with the name Maricruz between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 169 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,005 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,249 in 2020 to #7,740 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,066 in 2015 to #7,740 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Maricruz?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 237,000; 14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 115,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,740; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 164,137 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maricruz 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 2025 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maricruz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maricruzs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maricruz was born before 1994 — so the typical Maricruz is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 37.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 30.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 2,917; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 37.3% of all recorded uses (1,088).

Is Maricruz 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: +1,021; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +509; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,674; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.52×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 8.3%; Peak was 1990 (169)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,005; 1988

Where Maricruz is used

Across 1910–2025, Maricruz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 26,782 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 12,500
2Texas1 in 20,000
3Arizona1 in 33,333
4Colorado1 in 100,000
5Illinois1 in 100,000
6New Mexico1 in 100,000
7Florida1 in —
8North Carolina1 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. Maricruz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maricruz by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,740
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 509
Best rank ever: #1,005; 1988
Peak year: 1990; 169 that year
First recorded: 1962
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 2,917
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Maricruz

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

Marycruz Marigold Maryanna Marbella Maryrose Markayla Marykate Marylynn Marielle Mariella Marcelle Marvella Maribeth Marlaina Marleigh Marlana Martine Mariajose Marylyn Marylee Maryalice Marcelina Maryetta Maryjean

Names with a curve like Maricruz

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Maricruz, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Clarisa Ashia Rebeka Korina Jacy Lashay Danisha Samone Keyona Torie Merissa Arika

Sibling names for Maricruz

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

Kacy Alesha Stefani Chantelle Jacquelynn Shelbi Shelbie Portia

For a brother

Bradly Garrick Laron Brandan Coty Kelsey Arron Derrell

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