Kristan
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 89.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 242 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,545since 1945
Kristan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #2,070 | 68 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #1,368 | 123 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #1,259 | 136 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 126 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #1,260 | 136 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #1,090 | 165 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #957 | 196 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #877 | 210 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #902 | 192 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #882 | 192 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #770 | 223 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #712 | 242 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #781 | 206 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #838 | 183 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #747 | 223 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #798 | 202 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #796 | 205 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #1,085 | 126 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #1,307 | 92 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #1,433 | 73 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #1,048 | 113 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #1,058 | 109 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #1,065 | 108 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #1,003 | 124 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #939 | 136 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,042 | 110 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #1,366 | 65 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #1,433 | 62 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kristan! It came in at #2,060, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2014, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kristan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1980 (#1,085 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1991 (#957 → #1,090)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1985 at #712 (242 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1980–1990
- Highest: 1 in 7,111 girls born in 1985 were named Kristan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 37.5% of all girls named Kristan (2,078) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 64 | #2,060 (1945) | #2,846 |
| 1950s | 184 | #1,588 (1958) | #3,013 |
| 1960s | 643 | #1,042 (1969) | #1,506 |
| 1970s | 1,061 | #939 (1970) | #1,148 |
| 1980s | 2,078 | #712 (1985) | #810 |
| 1990s | 1,181 | #957 (1990) | #1,599 |
| 2000s | 266 | #2,457 (2000) | #5,623 |
| 2010s | 68 | #9,231 (2010) | #11,740 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kristan in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 16,651 of them was named Kristan, which outranked 88.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,299Nanette93
- #1,299Roxana93
- #1,299Saundra93
- #1,307Kristan92
- #1,307Fabiola92
- #1,307Holley92
- #1,307Marni92
- #1,314Bessie91
- #1,314Caron91
- #1,314Chaya91
Tied with 6 names at #1,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 91,213 of them was named Kristan, which outranked 63.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,375Virgilio19
- #2,375Weylin19
- #2,375Winford19
- #2,473Kristan18
- #2,473Akiva18
- #2,473Alford18
- #2,473Alphonzo18
- #2,568Agapito17
- #2,568Aharon17
- #2,568Akbar17
Tied with 94 names at #2,473; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.