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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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
1936
1935#3,6455
1934#3,2776
1933#3,6425
1932
1931
1930
1929#3,9595
1928
1927
1926
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
1914
1913
1912#2,2696
1911
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1885#9365
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1880
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 1974

girls
#4,041
15 births · 1 in 97,836 girls
boys
#1,335
41 births · 1 in 38,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #4,041Cris15

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #1,335Cris41
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 97,836 of them was named Cris, which outranked 60.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cris
  1. #3,863Zipporah16
  2. #3,863Zondra16
  3. #3,863Zuleika16
  4. #4,041Cris15
  5. #4,041Adrea15
  6. #4,041Akia15
  7. #4,041Allyn15
  8. #4,227Acacia14
  9. #4,227Akisha14
  10. #4,227Aleah14

Tied with 185 names at #4,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 38,350 of them was named Cris, which outranked 77.8% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cris
  1. #1,311Teodoro42
  2. #1,311Trinidad42
  3. #1,311Zack42
  4. #1,335Cris41
  5. #1,335Chip41
  6. #1,335Christen41
  7. #1,335Fredric41
  8. #1,351Augustin40
  9. #1,351Benedict40
  10. #1,351Brooke40

Tied with 15 names at #1,335; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974