Girls' name · since 1947
Chrissy
4,459 babies named Chrissy in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,459
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
4,459 babies have been named Chrissy since 1947, making it today's #7559 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chrissy has been recorded 4,459 times among girls since 1947, currently ranked #7559 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #2,773 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,559 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,459 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chrissy ranks #2,773 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,559 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,459 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,459
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chrissy's 4,459 recorded births place it above 96.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Chrissy compares
4,459 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chrissy's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chrissy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,459 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 560 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chrissy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chrissy splits its recorded history at 1990: 23% of all births land in the more recent half, 77% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 560 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chrissy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 560
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Chrissy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,613 births, 36% of the file).
1970s was Chrissy's strongest decade.
1,613 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Chrissy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 65
1950s
65 births
- 1960s 503
1960s
503 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,613 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,227 births
- 1990s 358
1990s
358 births
- 2000s 223
2000s
223 births
- 2010s 342
2010s
342 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,613 births (36% of all-time use).
How Chrissy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chrissy's total volume
Chrissy by state
Where Chrissy concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 315 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 270 | 6.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 178 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 117 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 105 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 101 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 99 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 92 | 2.1% |
315 of 4,459 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Chrissy appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chrissy's data
- Chrissy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,613 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chrissys (315 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Chrissy
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Chrissy
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chrissy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Chrissy 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.