Chrysa

Girls' name

Variant of Chrysi

Chrysa has been given to 94 babies in the U.S. since 1956. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1956, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Chrysa, 1991

1 in 649,000

Chrysa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chrysa: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Chrysi

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chrysa means

Chrysa is a variant of Chrysi.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Chrysa is used in Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈxɾi.sa/ for Chrysa.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Chrysi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 94 girls were recorded with the name Chrysa between 1956 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1956; its best national rank was #3,368 in 1956.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Chrysa?

Chrysa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991: 1 in 649,000; 6 of 3,892,928 births
Among girls only: 1 in 312,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1991: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 449,730 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chrysa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 449,730 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chrysa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chrysas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chrysa was born before 1963 — so the typical Chrysa is around 62 today.

Median birth year: 1963; About 62 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 57.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 28.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 94; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 57.4% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Chrysa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1956 (13)
Years since peak: 69; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,368; 1956

Spellings of Chrysa

Chrysa is not the most common spelling — Christa is, with 30.6% against Chrysa's 0.09%.

Christa30.6%32,843
Chris21.4%22,955
Chrystal14.7%15,760
Chaya14.6%15,674
Chyna5.4%5,805
Carisa2.8%3,025
Thresa2.2%2,334
Carys2.2%2,327

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Chrysa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,368; 1956
Peak year: 1956; 13 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 1991
All-time count: 94
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chrysa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Chrisa Aleysa Chriss Christ Chrome Chrisy Chrissi Chrisha Chrisma Chrishell Christl Chrysti Melysa Chryel Chrys Chrisi Alaysa Karysa Christna Chrisley Chrisie Chrystel Kalysa Julysa

Sibling names for Chrysa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Meryl Roxane Teena Doretha Sherie Evonne Romona Joanie

For a brother

Hayward Burt Fritz Leigh Kennith Lonny Eddy Jeffry

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