Given name
Chrysta
“follower of Christ”
Chrysta is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chrysta is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chrysta is a variant of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chrysta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 574
- 0 boys · 574 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 580 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chrysta’s family of names
Chrysta has a related form in Christina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chrysta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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