Criss — #11006 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Criss

The Social Security Administration has registered 592 babies named Criss between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Criss currently holds the #11006 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 40 babies received it in a single year. Criss is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 114 additional births since 1947.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Criss performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Criss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Criss in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Criss 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 592 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.