Krissi — girls' name
346 babies named Krissi in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Krissi was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Krissi in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Krissi
The Social Security Administration has registered 346 babies named Krissi between 1964 and 2013, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Krissi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Krissi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Krissi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Krissi in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Krissi 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 346 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.
Krissi at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Krissi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1964
- Peak year (1978)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
346 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 42 births in a single year.
Krissi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 133 births that decade — 38% of Krissi's all-time total
Krissi decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Krissi's strongest decade
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Krissi by state
Where Krissi concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.0% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.5% 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, 1964–2013 (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.