Crissy — #15524 US girls' name
2,592 babies named Crissy in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Crissy was born in this single decade.
274 babies were named Crissy in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Crissy
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,592 babies named Crissy between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Crissy currently holds the #15524 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 274 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Crissy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Crissy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 270 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Crissy in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Crissy 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 2,592 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.
Crissy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Crissy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1947
- Peak year (1978)
- 274
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
Currently ranks #15524 among girls.
2,592 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 274 births in a single year.
Crissy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,255 births that decade — 48% of Crissy's all-time total
Crissy decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,255 births
- Runner-up 770 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Crissy's strongest decade
1,255 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Crissy by state
Where Crissy concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 270 | 10.4% |
| #2 | California | | 103 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 94 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 79 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 71 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 64 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 55 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 52 | 2.0% |
270 of 2,592 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.4% of nationwide
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.0% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Crissy appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1947–2024 (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.