Cris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Cris is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Cris mean?
Greek: spelling of Chris; short form of Christopher or Christian
“Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”
A short form of Christopher or Christian, both built on the Greek christos, anointed.
Meaning borrowed from Chris. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cris a girl's or a boy's name?
Cris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Cris, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 115 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Cris in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 497 boys in the US were given Cris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Cris in the US in 1947, and 17% in 2008.
Cris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,335 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 60 | #989 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 83 | #800 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 |
| 1964 | 81 | #846 |
| 1963 | 84 | #825 |
| 1962 | 96 | #775 |
| 1961 | 105 | #750 |
| 1960 | 115 | #724 |
| 1959 | 98 | #772 |
| 1958 | 96 | #754 |
| 1957 | 74 | #879 |
| 1956 | 67 | #909 |
| 1955 | 63 | #941 |
| 1954 | 56 | #995 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1952 | 66 | #862 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,217 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Names like Cris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Christopher Carlos Luis Hector Cruz Angel Mark Juan Pedro Marcus Andres Christian
Other spellings of Cris
Names related to Cris
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Cris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cris, updated 20 October 2026.