Chryssa
Chryssa is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Chryssa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chryssa is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Chryssa
American parents first put Chryssa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1973, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1973, when 6 Chryssas were born — ranking #7,435 that year. About 48% of every Chryssa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Chryssa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Chryssa
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About the name Chryssa
Chryssa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Chryssa's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #7,435. Use the chart and map above to compare Chryssa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.