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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,177 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,602 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedWIMichigan: #872 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,200 girlsMINew York: #754 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,229 girlsNYMassachusetts: #831 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,113 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedIAIndiana: #718 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,367 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,583 girlsPANew Jersey: #917 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,317 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,440 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 11,105 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #892 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,093 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedDEArizona: #660 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,158 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,004 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,867 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #971 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,618 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,174 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,852 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kristin, so not publishedHITexas: #1,370 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,390 girlsTXFlorida: #774 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,421 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#660 · 1 in 3,158
  2. Indiana#718 · 1 in 3,790
  3. New York#754 · 1 in 4,229
  4. Florida#774 · 1 in 4,421
  5. Massachusetts#831 · 1 in 5,113

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#660101 in 3,158
Indiana#71881 in 3,790
New York#754221 in 4,229
Florida#774181 in 4,421
Massachusetts#83151 in 5,113
Michigan#87281 in 5,200
Virginia#89271 in 5,093
New Jersey#91771 in 5,317
North Carolina#97181 in 5,618
Tennessee#1,00451 in 5,867
Georgia#1,17471 in 6,852
Illinois#1,17781 in 7,602
Pennsylvania#1,36751 in 10,583
Texas#1,370171 in 9,390
California#1,440191 in 11,105
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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 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 2010

girls
#1,093
228 births · 1 in 7,796 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #1,093Kristin228
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 7,796 of them was named Kristin, which outranked 94.5% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristin
  1. #1,082Taniya230
  2. #1,082Unique230
  3. #1,092Bryn229
  4. #1,093Kristin228
  5. #1,093Kyndal228
  6. #1,095Jamiyah227
  7. #1,095Kamari227
  8. #1,095Karleigh227

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

See the top 100 for 2010