Given name
Maricruz
“star of the sea”·“from the sea of bitterness”
Maricruz is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maricruz is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maricruz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,917
- 0 boys · 2,917 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 169 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,742 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,742 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 169 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,162 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maricruz’s family of names
Maricruz has a related form in Mary.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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