Krissa — girls' name
907 babies named Krissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Krissa was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Krissa in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Krissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 907 babies named Krissa between 1962 and 2016, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Krissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Krissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Krissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Krissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Krissa 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 907 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.
Krissa at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Krissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1962
- Peak year (1970)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
907 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 32 births in a single year.
Krissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 237 births that decade — 26% of Krissa's all-time total
Krissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 237 births
- Runner-up 236 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Krissa's strongest decade
237 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Krissa by state
Where Krissa concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15 | 1.7% |
15 of 907 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1962–2016 (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.