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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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
1931
1930
1929#3,9595
1928
1927
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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 1967

girls
#1,980
35 births · 1 in 47,172 girls
boys
#968
56 births · 1 in 31,139 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #1,980Cris35

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #968Cris56
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 47,172 of them was named Cris, which outranked 74.8% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cris
  1. #1,947Theressa36
  2. #1,947Tomi36
  3. #1,947Wendee36
  4. #1,980Cris35
  5. #1,980Britta35
  6. #1,980Chaya35
  7. #1,980Daun35
  8. #2,012Alethia34
  9. #2,012Alvina34
  10. #2,012Belen34

Tied with 31 names at #1,980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 31,139 of them was named Cris, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cris
  1. #955Tina57
  2. #955Tobias57
  3. #955Wyatt57
  4. #968Cris56
  5. #968Beau56
  6. #968Boris56
  7. #968Broderick56
  8. #981Duwayne55
  9. #981Isaiah55
  10. #981Maria55

Tied with 12 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967