Cris

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 73.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 115 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,033
since 1885

Cris over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #1,266, 1960peak #725, 1960girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,14314
2024#13,4776#5,90415
2023#4,45623
2022#4,30324
2021#6,69812
2020#7,50210
2019#5,81315
2018#5,32017
2017#4,46622
2016#5,55516
2015#4,29523
2014#4,86619
2013#4,18023
2012#3,71428
2011#3,00038
2010#3,70828
2009#3,33233
2008#15,4056#3,64629
2007#2,72144
2006#2,74442
2005#3,09133
2004#12,7617#3,15831
2003#3,04431
2002#4,70316
2001#15,3525#3,51224
2000#15,0315#3,42324
1999#2,86529
1998#3,84918
1997#4,66813
1996#2,91125
1995#3,19121
1994#5,10911
1993#3,50118
1992#5,6609
1991#3,32518
1990#3,97114
1989#2,78422
1988#2,96118
1987#3,52113
1986#10,9125#2,77918
1985#10,6775#3,80511
1984#9,1446#2,70617
1983#2,14024
1982#10,5175#1,85030
1981#6,8049#3,03014
1980#2,21323
1979#5,75111#2,37920
1978#5,95810#2,20521
1977#1,85827
1976#7,2967#1,54135
1975#4,37014#2,06522
1974#4,04115#1,33541
1973#3,34219#1,40036
1972#5,10910#1,26243
1971#3,50818#1,10954
1970#2,39531#1,03162
1969#2,45428#98960
1968#2,78921#96857
1967#1,98035#96856
1966#2,19129#80083
1965#1,59549#88169
1964#1,46260#84681
1963#1,62349#82584
1962#1,67246#77696
1961#1,37566#751105
1960#1,26675#725115
1959#1,34863#77398
1958#1,40957#75596
1957#1,28967#88074
1956#1,63742#91067
1955#1,61740#94263
1954#2,07626#99656
1953#1,58638#1,07446
1952#1,93427#86366
1951#1,96825#1,21836
1950#3,42310#1,57222
1949#2,51416#1,22734
1948#3,35010#1,10741
1947#3,44810#1,55523
1946#4,4176#1,88415
1945#1,85214
1944#2,6338
1943#2,7328
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940
1939#4,2505
1938#3,1756
1937
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1935#3,6455
1934#3,2776
1933#3,6425
1932
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1930
1929#3,9595
1928
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1925#4,1975
1924#3,8676
1923#3,4677
1922#3,8726
1921
1920
1919#3,7366
1918#3,0968
1917
1916#3,1777
1915
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1913
1912#2,2696
1911
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1885#9365
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Cris! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Cris
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 239 spots since 2024 (#5,904#6,143)
  • 1,359 spots since 2020 (#7,502#6,143)
  • 1,848 spots since 2015 (#4,295#6,143)
  • Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1952 (#1,218#863)
  • Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1953 (#863#1,074)
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1960 at #725 (115 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1954–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,542
  • Highest: 1 in 18,542 boys born in 1960 were named Cris (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Cris (806) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1941
  • Mostly girls until 1940, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s0
1900s0
1910s27#2,269 (1912)#3,070
1920s29#3,467 (1923)#3,872
1930s22#3,175 (1938)#3,435
1940s159#1,107 (1948)#2,040
1950s624#755 (1958)#998
1960s806#725 (1960)#853
1970s361#1,031 (1970)#1,619
1980s190#1,850 (1982)#2,779
1990s176#2,865 (1999)#3,905
2000s307#2,721 (2007)#3,337
2010s229#3,000 (2011)#4,492
2020s98#4,303 (2022)#5,834

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cris in 1957

girls
#1,289
67 births · 1 in 30,520 girls
boys
#880
74 births · 1 in 29,152 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,289Cris67

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #880Cris74
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 30,520 of them was named Cris, which outranked 81.6% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cris
  1. #1,274Selina68
  2. #1,274Stefanie68
  3. #1,274Stephany68
  4. #1,289Cris67
  5. #1,289Antonette67
  6. #1,289Brooke67
  7. #1,289Carolee67
  8. #1,301Adeline66
  9. #1,301Anthony66
  10. #1,301Bunny66

Tied with 11 names at #1,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 29,152 of them was named Cris, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cris
  1. #873Normand75
  2. #873Raleigh75
  3. #873Richie75
  4. #880Cris74
  5. #880Otha74
  6. #880Timmothy74
  7. #880Wilton74
  8. #884Carlo73
  9. #884Cole73
  10. #884Foster73

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957