Krissy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Krissy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Krissy mean?
Greek: pet form of Kristina, Kristen and similar names
“follower of Christ”
A diminutive of names such as Kristina, Kristen and Kristine, which go back to Greek christianos, a Christian.
Is Krissy a girl's or a boy's name?
Krissy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Krissy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Krissy, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1978, with 202 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Krissy in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Krissy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,443 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,755 |
| 1981 | 97 | #1,304 |
| 1980 | 150 | #986 |
| 1979 | 189 | #827 |
| 1978 | 202 | #762 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,979 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,920 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
Names like Krissy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Krissy
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, “Krissy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/krissy, updated 20 October 2026.