Girls' name · since 1965
Krisa
Krisa has 216 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
216 girls have been named Krisa since 1965, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Krisa has 216 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2020.
- #19,023 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 216 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Krisa ranks #19,023 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Krisa's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Krisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Krisa's full recorded timeline at 1986, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Krisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2020
- Peak year (1973)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Krisa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (59 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Krisa's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Krisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
59 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 59 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Krisa's data
- Krisa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Krisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1965–2020 (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 Krisa 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.