Chrys — unisex name
194 babies named Chrys in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
194 girls have been named Chrys since 1946, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1973.
- 194
- total births
- 1946–1973
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Chrys was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Chrys in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chrys
The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Chrys between 1946 and 1973, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chrys currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Chrys is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chrys performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chrys shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chrys in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chrys 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 194 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.
Chrys at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chrys popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1946
- Peak year (1953)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
194 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 20 births in a single year.
Chrys popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 2007 (Chrys as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Chrys accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chrys by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 117 births that decade — 60% of Chrys's all-time total
Chrys decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Chrys's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Chrys by state
Where Chrys concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 194 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1946–1973 (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.