Kristin

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,889
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 9,737 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
26 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
179,313
since 1932

Kristin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #31, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,66129
2024#4,47331
2023#4,56530
2022#3,96337
2021#3,49144
2020#3,09151
2019#3,45145#8,8898
2018#2,64765
2017#2,66465
2016#2,42676#10,7446
2015#1,839112
2014#1,590135
2013#1,565138#10,7286
2012#1,465155
2011#1,382165
2010#1,093228
2009#1,012261
2008#880317#12,5535
2007#807355#8,1739
2006#575510#6,90411
2005#534539#10,1516
2004#519553#6,52011
2003#418716
2002#361829#9,3926
2001#320963#7,5368
2000#3011,056#5,92011
1999#2661,194#5,31712
1998#2111,447#5,15912
1997#1741,752#7,2817
1996#1472,193#5,53510
1995#1312,418#3,69317
1994#1142,840#3,91116
1993#1092,991#4,22714
1992#903,597#3,45918
1991#864,087#2,68325
1990#655,300#2,55326
1989#606,064#1,73344
1988#586,019#2,25527
1987#555,463#1,58744
1986#506,000#1,69437
1985#496,566#1,37150
1984#477,007#1,32050
1983#427,267#1,56238
1982#378,734#1,17961
1981#319,737#1,14364
1980#377,701#1,09868
1979#734,264#1,17759
1978#783,807#1,14959
1977#823,605#1,14458
1976#743,627#1,01966
1975#743,880#93377
1974#724,218#89282
1973#783,903#1,12353
1972#674,586#91177
1971#714,861#1,07058
1970#635,633#96869
1969#764,753#1,07552
1968#844,134#1,50627
1967#973,600#1,75820
1966#1073,262#1,75719
1965#1352,829#1,45628
1964#2061,724#1,72921
1963#2161,580#1,95717
1962#317876#2,18614
1961#328822#3,0978
1960#340774#3,3377
1959#356710#2,20014
1958#372602
1957#395537#3,0248
1956#428453
1955#408464
1954#432407#3,8275
1953#402446#3,4256
1952#393440
1951#400422#3,0667
1950#425356
1949#444322
1948#448317
1947#495275
1946#510239
1945#658125
1944#727108
1943#778100
1942#82387
1941#94261
1940#99751
1939#93956
1938#1,54724
1937#1,23434
1936#1,69120
1935#2,57511
1934#2,74110
1933#2,8689
1932#3,5687
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First appearance
1932

The first year at least five girls were named Kristin! It came in at #3,568, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1932–1934, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Kristin is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #126 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 395 girlsAKMaine: #58 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 229 girlsMEVermont: #52 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 188 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #39 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 155 girlsNHWashington: #56 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 241 girlsWAIdaho: #61 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 231 girlsIDMontana: #68 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 235 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #48 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 190 girlsNDMinnesota: #43 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 181 girlsMNIllinois: #54 for girls · 257 births · 1 in 273 girlsILWisconsin: #37 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 164 girlsWIMichigan: #57 for girls · 226 births · 1 in 261 girlsMINew York: #67 for girls · 334 births · 1 in 309 girlsNYMassachusetts: #30 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 152 girlsMARhode Island: #69 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 223 girlsRIOregon: #45 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 202 girlsORNevada: #97 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 314 girlsNVWyoming: #99 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 279 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #47 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 170 girlsSDIowa: #58 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 259 girlsIAIndiana: #87 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 385 girlsINOhio: #82 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 368 girlsOHPennsylvania: #59 for girls · 265 births · 1 in 255 girlsPANew Jersey: #62 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 275 girlsNJConnecticut: #45 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 188 girlsCTCalifornia: #78 for girls · 359 births · 1 in 364 girlsCAUtah: #50 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 221 girlsUTColorado: #53 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 230 girlsCONebraska: #53 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 220 girlsNEMissouri: #104 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 442 girlsMOKentucky: #186 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 892 girlsKYWest Virginia: #133 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 542 girlsWVVirginia: #103 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 439 girlsVAMaryland: #71 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 289 girlsMDDelaware: #29 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 117 girlsDEArizona: #65 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 290 girlsAZNew Mexico: #125 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 465 girlsNMKansas: #67 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 285 girlsKSArkansas: #126 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 566 girlsARTennessee: #164 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 784 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #139 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 601 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #205 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 967 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 246 girlsDCOklahoma: #84 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 350 girlsOKLouisiana: #220 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsLAMississippi: #391 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,344 girlsMSAlabama: #200 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 919 girlsALGeorgia: #202 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 973 girlsGAHawaii: #136 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 453 girlsHITexas: #146 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 679 girlsTXFlorida: #98 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 425 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#29 · 1 in 117
  2. Massachusetts#30 · 1 in 152
  3. Wisconsin#37 · 1 in 164
  4. New Hampshire#39 · 1 in 155
  5. Minnesota#43 · 1 in 181

Best ever in a state: #17 in New Jersey, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#29231 in 117
Massachusetts#302081 in 152
Wisconsin#371641 in 164
New Hampshire#39271 in 155
Minnesota#431261 in 181
Connecticut#45781 in 188
Oregon#45611 in 202
South Dakota#47221 in 170
North Dakota#48201 in 190
Utah#50491 in 221
Vermont#52121 in 188
Colorado#53681 in 230
Nebraska#53411 in 220
Illinois#542571 in 273
Washington#56781 in 241
Michigan#572261 in 261
Iowa#58631 in 259
Maine#58261 in 229
Pennsylvania#592651 in 255
Idaho#61211 in 231
New Jersey#621391 in 275
Arizona#65511 in 290
Kansas#67421 in 285
New York#673341 in 309
Montana#68161 in 235
District of Columbia#69261 in 246
Rhode Island#69211 in 223
Maryland#71651 in 289
California#783591 in 364
Ohio#821911 in 368
Oklahoma#84441 in 350
Indiana#87921 in 385
Nevada#9781 in 314
Florida#981011 in 425
Wyoming#9961 in 279
Virginia#103641 in 439
Missouri#104661 in 442
New Mexico#125161 in 465
Alaska#12651 in 395
Arkansas#126221 in 566
West Virginia#133211 in 542
Hawaii#136101 in 453
North Carolina#139581 in 601
Texas#1461391 in 679
Tennessee#164351 in 784
Kentucky#186261 in 892
Alabama#200251 in 919
Georgia#202351 in 973
South Carolina#205191 in 967
Louisiana#220251 in 1,027
Mississippi#39171 in 2,344

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 Kristin
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 188 spots since 2024 (#4,473#4,661)
  • 1,570 spots since 2020 (#3,091#4,661)
  • 2,822 spots since 2015 (#1,839#4,661)
  • Biggest jump: 608 spots in 1939 (#1,547#939)
  • Biggest drop: 232 spots in 2007 (#575#807)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1932
  • Peaked 1981 at #31 (9,737 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1967–1992
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1939–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 171
  • Highest: 1 in 171 girls born in 1981 were named Kristin (0.58%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Kristin (70,558) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s171#939 (1939)#2,145
1940s1,685#444 (1949)#682
1950s4,837#356 (1959)#401
1960s24,354#76 (1969)#191
1970s42,384#63 (1970)#73
1980s70,558#31 (1981)#47
1990s27,819#65 (1990)#139
2000s6,099#301 (2000)#573
2010s1,184#1,093 (2010)#2,012
2020s222#3,091 (2020)#4,041

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.

Kristin in 1973

girls
#78
3,903 births · 1 in 374 girls
boys
#1,123
53 births · 1 in 29,407 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #78Kristin3,903

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,123Kristin53
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 374 of them was named Kristin, which outranked 99.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristin
  1. #75Leslie3,954
  2. #76Sherry3,952
  3. #77Nancy3,945
  4. #78Kristin3,903
  5. #79Erin3,877
  6. #80Renee3,846
  7. #81Erica3,793
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 29,407 of them was named Kristin, which outranked 80.9% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristin
  1. #1,108Otto54
  2. #1,108Rasheed54
  3. #1,108Taj54
  4. #1,123Kristin53
  5. #1,123Ahmad53
  6. #1,123Bennett53
  7. #1,123Danielle53
  8. #1,136Asa52
  9. #1,136Constantine52
  10. #1,136Desi52

Tied with 12 names at #1,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973