Krue

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
#937
down from #931
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

How Krue has moved

US popularity rank, 2024–2025. Lower is more popular.
#854#934#1014202420252025#937

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YearUS rank
2024#931
2025#937

Krue by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Krue. In the US, 29 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Krue

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Krue. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaueforest monkey3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kruz22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kree50 in the US (2017)
  • Kruze9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kru12 in the US (2017)
  • Kruse7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Krue

Names that are said the same way as Krue, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Crewincrease or growth; a group of people344 in the US (2017)
  • Crewefrom a place name, possibly related to crew or crook5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krew172 in the US (2017)
  • Cru64 in the US (2017)
  • Crue23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krewe5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Krue

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