Is Chriss a boy or girl name?

Chriss is a unisex name. Of the 678 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 22.1% were girls and 77.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1961, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Chriss

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Chriss was most popular in 1960, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,518 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 678 people named Chriss.

Chriss over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chriss’s peak in 1960. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chriss a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chriss is a unisex name — 22.1% of the 678 Americans given it were girls and 77.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1961 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org