Recorded 1888–2018 Girls' name Peak 1979 1,105 births

Chrissie — girls' name

1,105 babies named Chrissie in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1970s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Chrissie was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

75 babies were named Chrissie in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Chrissie

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,105 babies named Chrissie between 1888 and 2018, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chrissie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 75 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chrissie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Chrissie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Chrissie in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chrissie 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 1,105 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.

Chrissie at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

1,105

Since 1888

131 years of records

Peak year

1979

75 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1888

Recorded for 131 years

Last year on file: 2018

Chrissie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1888

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1979)
75
Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
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Chrissie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
350 births that decade — 32% of Chrissie's all-time total
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Chrissie by state

Where Chrissie concentrates geographically — total births since 1888

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Chrissie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
37 3.3%
#2 Texas
28 2.5%
#3 Louisiana
13 1.2%
#4 New York
6 0.5%
#5 Georgia
5 0.5%
#6 Ohio
5 0.5%
#7 Pennsylvania
5 0.5%
California share of Chrissie's total US births 3.3%
Even split

37 of 1,105 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Chrissie?
1,105 babies have been named Chrissie since 1888. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1979 with 75 births.
When was Chrissie most popular?
Chrissie was most popular in the 1970s decade with 350 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Chrissie most popular?
The top states for the name Chrissie are California (37 births), Texas (28 births), Louisiana (13 births).
How long has the name Chrissie been used?
Chrissie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1888, spanning 131 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Chrissie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Christine, Christina, Christy, Christie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1888–2018 (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.