Maricruz
Maricruz is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Maricruz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maricruz is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Maricruz
The earliest SSA record of Maricruz as a baby girl name dates back to 1962, when 6 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 169 newborns named Maricruz — #1,055 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Maricruz on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maricruz ranks #8,191 for baby girls with 12 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maricruz
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maricruz. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- María Cruz
- María de la Cruz
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About the name Maricruz
Maricruz is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1962 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Maricruz's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #1,003. Use the chart and map above to compare Maricruz's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.