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.
Where Kristan is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#446 · 1 in 3,124
- Kentucky#447 · 1 in 3,959
- North Carolina#456 · 1 in 3,800
- Ohio#465 · 1 in 4,204
- Pennsylvania#470 · 1 in 4,112
Best ever in a state: #230 in Arkansas, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #446 | 7 | 1 in 3,124 |
| Kentucky | #447 | 6 | 1 in 3,959 |
| North Carolina | #456 | 9 | 1 in 3,800 |
| Ohio | #465 | 17 | 1 in 4,204 |
| Pennsylvania | #470 | 17 | 1 in 4,112 |
| Oklahoma | #513 | 6 | 1 in 3,762 |
| Missouri | #637 | 5 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Georgia | #673 | 6 | 1 in 5,813 |
| Louisiana | #683 | 6 | 1 in 5,280 |
| Texas | #699 | 23 | 1 in 5,649 |
| Florida | #721 | 9 | 1 in 6,300 |
| New York | #728 | 16 | 1 in 6,422 |
| Michigan | #827 | 6 | 1 in 9,602 |
| Illinois | #849 | 9 | 1 in 8,270 |
| California | #1,427 | 11 | 1 in 16,885 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 7,593 of them was named Kristan, which outranked 93.9% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 139,573 of them was named Kristan, which outranked 55.4% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,108Yesenia14
- #3,108Zachory14
- #3,108Zebedee14
- #3,282Kristan13
- #3,282Acie13
- #3,282Adem13
- #3,282Adriano13
- #3,482Abdallah12
- #3,482Abdulaziz12
- #3,482Aj12
Tied with 199 names at #3,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.