Criss
- Last seen for girls in 1968 at #5,642
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 84.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 598since 1918
Criss 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 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,812 | 27 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,646 | 29 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,920 | 40 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
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| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
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| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Criss! It came in at #3,368, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Criss is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Criss in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Criss
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 6,009 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1959 at #1,916 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 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 51,885
- Highest: 1 in 51,885 boys born in 2007 were named Criss (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,916 in 1959, was only 1 in 118,584 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 20.1% of all boys named Criss (120) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
- Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,368 (1918) | #3,768 |
| 1920s | 15 | #2,904 (1926) | #3,386 |
| 1930s | 9 | #2,449 (1939) | #2,449 |
| 1940s | 28 | #2,337 (1949) | #3,137 |
| 1950s | 112 | #1,916 (1959) | #2,617 |
| 1960s | 111 | #1,973 (1960) | #2,558 |
| 1970s | 37 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,684 |
| 1980s | 19 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,987 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,422 (1992) | #7,422 |
| 2000s | 120 | #2,920 (2007) | #4,510 |
| 2010s | 108 | #3,812 (2010) | #8,019 |
| 2020s | 21 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,833 |
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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