Crist
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRYST
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Crist is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “anointed one”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Crist mean?
Greek: spelling of Christ; from Greek christos; sometimes a short form of Christopher
“anointed one”
From Greek christos, 'anointed', a translation of the Hebrew word messiah.
Meaning borrowed from Christ.
Is Crist a girl's or a boy's name?
Crist is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Crist in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Crist, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had more boys named Crist than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Crist in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Crist in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Nicknames for Crist
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Crist
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chris, Charles, George, Christ, Christian, Luke, Pierce, Clark, Theodore, Cruz, Christopher, Silas
Names related to Crist
More Greek names
Luca, Sophia, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
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, “Crist: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/crist, updated 20 October 2026.