Fun Facts About the Name Crisanto
- 237 babies named Crisanto: U.S. records list 237 babies given the name Crisanto from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Crisanto Mean?
Crisanto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Greek name Chrysanthos (Χρύσανθος), formed from chrysos (χρυσός), "gold," and anthos (ἄνθος), "flower." The literal sense is "golden flower," and that is the meaning normally given for the name in Spanish and Portuguese. The same two elements lie behind the Greek adjective chrysanthes, "golden-flowered." Latin adopted the personal name as Chrysanthus, and Crisanto comes from that Latin form, with the Greek ending -os replaced by the Spanish masculine ending -o and the h dropped. The name is not related to the flower genus Chrysanthemum beyond sharing the same two Greek roots.
Crisanto Name History & Origins
The Greek name Chrysanthos was used in the Greek-speaking world and passed into Latin as Chrysanthus. Its spread in Western Europe is tied to Saint Chrysanthus, a Roman martyr venerated together with his wife Daria. According to the traditional account, he was the son of a Roman senator, was converted to Christianity, and was put to death with Daria, usually placed in the third century. The surviving Greek and Latin versions of their passion are dated by scholars to the fifth century or later, so the narrative is traditional rather than independently documented, though their cult was widespread in both the Eastern and Western churches.
From Latin Chrysanthus, the name took local forms in the Romance languages, including Italian and Portuguese Crisanto, Spanish Crisanto, and Catalan Crisant. In Spanish-speaking countries the name is given alongside many other saints' names, and it also occurs in the Philippines, where Spanish naming customs left a large stock of given names and surnames. Greek keeps the older form Chrysanthos, which was borne by later church figures such as Chrysanthos of Madytos, a nineteenth-century archbishop and reformer of Byzantine chant.
How Popular is the Name Crisanto?
Crisanto has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1996. Its best rank was #4,161 in 1964.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,942 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #12,664 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #9,942 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,441 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #12,416 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,051 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #9,897 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,450 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #9,017 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #11,101 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,281 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #11,271 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #12,722 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #10,933 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #9,309 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,215 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #6,821 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #8,480 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #7,575 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #8,019 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #8,684 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #5,250 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #6,011 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #7,963 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,465 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #7,142 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #5,605 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #4,537 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,125 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #5,640 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #4,209 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #4,161 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1922 | #4,443 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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