Chriselda — girls' name
304 babies named Chriselda in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
304 girls have been named Chriselda since 1958, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1996.
- 304
- total births
- 1958–1996
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Chriselda was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Chriselda in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chriselda
The Social Security Administration has registered 304 babies named Chriselda between 1958 and 1996, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chriselda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chriselda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chriselda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chriselda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chriselda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 304 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chriselda at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chriselda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1958
- Peak year (1971)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
304 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 20 births in a single year.
Chriselda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 121 births that decade — 40% of Chriselda's all-time total
Chriselda decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chriselda's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Chriselda by state
Where Chriselda concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 133 | 43.8% |
133 of 304 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 43.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 43.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.