Chrissy

Where Chrissy comes from

From Chris + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Chrissy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #4,764 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #378
    560 babies named Chrissy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1980
    Chrissy Metz born
    American actress
  4. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #768.
  5. 1995
    Chrissy Costanza born
    Lead singer of Against The Current
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Christine and Christina.
Namesakes
  • Chrissy Metz · American actress, born 1980
  • Chrissy Costanza · Lead singer of Against The Current, born 1995
  • Chrissy Houlahan · American politician, born 1967
  • Chrissy Sharp · Australian politician, 1947–2021
  • Chrissy Sommer · Member of the Missouri House of Representatives, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.