Girls' name · since 1978
Chrisma
119 babies named Chrisma in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chrisma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 119 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chrisma has been recorded 119 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2012.
- #25,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chrisma ranks #25,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chrisma's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chrisma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chrisma splits its recorded history at 1990: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chrisma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2012
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Chrisma by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Chrisma's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Chrisma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Chrisma's decade-level peak was the 1990s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chrisma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chrisma draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.