Chrissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRISS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Chrissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Chrissa come from?
Modern: spelling of Krissa; modern short form of names such as Clarissa or Chrissa
Meaning borrowed from Krissa.
Is Chrissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Chrissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Chrissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Chrissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chrissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Chrissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Chrissa
Carissa Charis Chrissy Charissa Crissy Charisse Carisa Corissa
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chrissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chrissa, updated 20 October 2026.