Cris
Cris was given to 14 boys in 2025, #6,192 among boys’ names; 4,127 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,370 Americans named Cris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 37 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cris mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cris is “a female given name.”
Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.
/kɹɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cris?
#6,192 among boys’ names, 2025
Cris fell from #4,317 in 2015 to #6,192 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 12.0 to 8.2 per million.
190 babies in 1960, the peak
Cris peaked in 1960, when 190 babies were given it (115 boys, #724 among boys’ names). The 14 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 14 | #6,192 | |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,854 | 15 | #5,960 |
| 2023 | under 5 | 23 | #4,479 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 24 | #4,324 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 12 | #6,783 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 10 | #7,623 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 15 | #5,867 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 17 | #5,358 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 22 | #4,494 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 16 | #5,600 |
Every recorded year (100)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 23 | #4,317 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 19 | #4,909 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 23 | #4,204 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 28 | #3,730 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 38 | #3,005 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 28 | #3,730 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 33 | #3,347 | |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,836 | 29 | #3,661 |
| 2007 | under 5 | 44 | #2,726 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 42 | #2,751 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 33 | #3,095 | |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,065 | 31 | #3,167 |
| 2003 | under 5 | 31 | #3,051 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 16 | #4,739 | |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,879 | 24 | #3,521 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,569 | 24 | #3,438 |
| 1999 | under 5 | 29 | #2,873 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 18 | #3,868 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 13 | #4,706 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 25 | #2,935 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 21 | #3,207 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 11 | #5,159 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 18 | #3,526 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 9 | #5,728 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 18 | #3,346 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 14 | #4,007 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 22 | #2,799 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 18 | #2,983 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 13 | #3,562 | |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,305 | 18 | #2,800 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,002 | 11 | #3,840 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,374 | 17 | #2,719 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 24 | #2,151 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,826 | 30 | #1,861 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,913 | 14 | #3,065 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 23 | #2,230 | |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,827 | 20 | #2,395 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,038 | 21 | #2,216 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 27 | #1,866 | |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,443 | 35 | #1,543 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,396 | 22 | #2,076 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,067 | 41 | #1,337 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,362 | 36 | #1,405 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,174 | 43 | #1,264 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,538 | 54 | #1,113 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,405 | 62 | #1,034 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,463 | 60 | #992 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,807 | 57 | #973 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,982 | 56 | #971 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,198 | 83 | #801 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,600 | 69 | #882 |
| 1964 | 60 | #1,462 | 81 | #847 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,628 | 84 | #826 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,674 | 96 | #775 |
| 1961 | 66 | #1,377 | 105 | #750 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,268 | 115 | #724 |
| 1959 | 63 | #1,350 | 98 | #773 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,408 | 96 | #755 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,291 | 74 | #879 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,639 | 67 | #909 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,617 | 63 | #942 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,084 | 56 | #997 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,587 | 46 | #1,077 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,945 | 66 | #865 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,972 | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,471 | 22 | #1,577 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,536 | 34 | #1,229 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,396 | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,496 | 23 | #1,564 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,528 | 15 | #1,896 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 14 | #1,869 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 8 | #2,675 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 8 | #2,775 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 8 | #2,755 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 8 | #2,697 | |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,376 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 6 | #3,241 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 5 | #3,771 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 6 | #3,359 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 5 | #3,751 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 5 | #4,080 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 5 | #4,341 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 6 | #3,973 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 7 | #3,533 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 6 | #3,948 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 6 | #3,825 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 8 | #3,163 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 7 | #3,241 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 6 | #2,339 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 5 | #970 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Cris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,127 Americans recorded as Cris, 27% are girls and 73% boys. In 2025 it went to 14 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cris, and how old are they?
3,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 4,127 Americans ever recorded as Cris. The median Cris alive today is 59 years old; half are between 37 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 6,025 people named Cris (1,552 women and girls, 4,473 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,464 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Cris rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 23 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 888 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 298 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 477 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 237 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cris born?
The states with the most babies named Cris are California, Texas and Ohio, with 73% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 470 | #2,542 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 267 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 105 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 53 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 47 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 45 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 29 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 26 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Washington | 25 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 19 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Cris is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cris is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cris with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 234,195 babies since 1880, Cris is the fourth most given (1.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 14 of their 1,807 babies (<1%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cris
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Marty | 36,269 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cris and names like it
- Compare Cris and ChrisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sCris peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cris since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Cris.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Cris alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.