Girls' name · since 1973
Chryssa
21 babies named Chryssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chryssa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Chryssa recorded 21 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2008.
- #45,251 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chryssa ranks #45,251 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #45,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chryssa's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chryssa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chryssa splits its recorded history at 2003: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chryssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2008
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Chryssa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Chryssa's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Chryssa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chryssa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1973–2008 (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 Chryssa 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.