Unisex name · since 1918
Criss
Criss has 598 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,083 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,150 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 598
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
598 babies have been named Criss since 1918, making it today's #12150 unisex name.
Criss has 598 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12150 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #7,083 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,150 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 598 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Criss ranks #7,083 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,150 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 598 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,083 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,150 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 598
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Criss's 598 recorded births place it above 84.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Criss compares
598 Top 41% higher than 59% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Criss's all-time total is 62% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Criss | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 598 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 34 | 22,252 |
Criss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Criss splits its recorded history at 1970: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Criss popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Criss popularity over time - girls
114 total births recorded since 1947 (Criss as girls' name)
Criss by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (120 births, 20% of the file).
2000s was Criss's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Criss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s 9
1930s
9 births
- 1940s 28
1940s
28 births
- 1950s
1950s
112 births
- 1960s
1960s
111 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 120 births (20% of all-time use).
How Criss compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Criss's total volume
Criss by state
Where Criss concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 5.2% |
41 of 598 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Criss's decade-level peak was the 2000s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Crisss (41 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Criss: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Criss 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.