Criss
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Criss is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Criss 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 Criss a girl's or a boy's name?
Criss is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Criss in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Criss, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Criss in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 497 boys in the US were given Criss or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Criss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Names like Criss
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cruz Luca Ares Pierce Moses Silas Charles Luis Angel Lucas Santiago Miles
Other spellings of Criss
Names related to Criss
More Greek 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, “Criss: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/criss, updated 20 October 2026.