Chriss
- Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 77.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 528since 1914
Chriss over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,067 | 18 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
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| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Chriss! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chriss is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Chriss in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chriss
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 4,751 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #12,008)
- 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
- 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1961 at #1,876 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 109,127
- Highest: 1 in 109,127 boys born in 1914 were named Chriss (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,876 in 1961, was only 1 in 111,800 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 19.1% of all boys named Chriss (101) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
- Mostly girls until 1979, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #2,915 (1914) | #3,448 |
| 1920s | 11 | #3,815 (1920) | #4,081 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,361 (1932) | #3,361 |
| 1940s | 23 | #2,443 (1948) | #2,898 |
| 1950s | 101 | #2,048 (1955) | #2,671 |
| 1960s | 92 | #1,876 (1961) | #2,873 |
| 1970s | 50 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,843 |
| 1980s | 24 | #4,499 (1983) | #5,806 |
| 1990s | 27 | #6,407 (1995) | #7,419 |
| 2000s | 85 | #5,067 (2008) | #7,380 |
| 2010s | 54 | #7,605 (2016) | #10,261 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,257 (2024) | #9,816 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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