Krisa — girls' name
216 babies named Krisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Krisa was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Krisa in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Krisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Krisa between 1965 and 2020, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Krisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Krisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Krisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Krisa 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 216 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.
Krisa at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Krisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1965
- Peak year (1973)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
216 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 14 births in a single year.
Krisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 59 births that decade — 27% of Krisa's all-time total
Krisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Krisa's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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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, 1965–2020 (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.