Kris
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to boys 51.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 504 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,400since 1937
Kris 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #3,412 | 34 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #2,321 | 59 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #2,139 | 65 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #1,823 | 83 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #1,994 | 73 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #2,305 | 57 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #2,182 | 60 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #1,959 | 72 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #2,317 | 55 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #2,467 | 50 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #1,581 | 102 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #1,825 | 80 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #1,781 | 82 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,638 | 87 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #1,790 | 73 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #1,962 | 59 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #1,647 | 72 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,600 | 74 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,875 | 56 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #1,801 | 55 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #1,642 | 63 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | #1,657 | 60 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #1,533 | 65 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #1,477 | 65 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,434 | 67 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #1,431 | 66 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #1,210 | 86 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #1,452 | 61 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | #1,238 | 79 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #1,268 | 73 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | #1,032 | 91 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | #943 | 100 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #954 | 92 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #917 | 98 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #793 | 121 |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | #827 | 111 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 | #788 | 125 |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | #686 | 159 |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 | #589 | 214 |
| 1979 | #1,245 | 103 | #476 | 299 |
| 1978 | #1,037 | 131 | #397 | 380 |
| 1977 | #1,146 | 110 | #395 | 398 |
| 1976 | #1,098 | 110 | #453 | 298 |
| 1975 | #917 | 141 | #438 | 323 |
| 1974 | #807 | 167 | #377 | 416 |
| 1973 | #692 | 215 | #416 | 356 |
| 1972 | #586 | 273 | #394 | 399 |
| 1971 | #556 | 322 | #405 | 397 |
| 1970 | #470 | 437 | #393 | 415 |
| 1969 | #415 | 529 | #415 | 365 |
| 1968 | #371 | 598 | #456 | 282 |
| 1967 | #326 | 724 | #426 | 319 |
| 1966 | #289 | 870 | #397 | 357 |
| 1965 | #277 | 978 | #383 | 409 |
| 1964 | #302 | 940 | #380 | 433 |
| 1963 | #350 | 734 | #343 | 504 |
| 1962 | #389 | 590 | #346 | 513 |
| 1961 | #388 | 620 | #355 | 501 |
| 1960 | #398 | 575 | #362 | 469 |
| 1959 | #390 | 590 | #361 | 467 |
| 1958 | #385 | 568 | #371 | 439 |
| 1957 | #462 | 419 | #409 | 358 |
| 1956 | #537 | 302 | #463 | 267 |
| 1955 | #566 | 260 | #474 | 239 |
| 1954 | #683 | 187 | #508 | 204 |
| 1953 | #723 | 158 | #501 | 193 |
| 1952 | #717 | 154 | #472 | 216 |
| 1951 | #715 | 149 | #573 | 145 |
| 1950 | #869 | 104 | #674 | 106 |
| 1949 | #915 | 94 | #664 | 107 |
| 1948 | #801 | 116 | #688 | 94 |
| 1947 | #875 | 101 | #900 | 60 |
| 1946 | #1,015 | 69 | #911 | 53 |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #1,107 | 36 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kris! It came in at #3,518, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kris is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#125 · 1 in 758
- New Hampshire#126 · 1 in 1,018
- Maine#164 · 1 in 1,300
- Minnesota#168 · 1 in 1,556
- Wisconsin#196 · 1 in 2,050
Best ever in a state: #116 in Vermont, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #125 | 6 | 1 in 758 |
| New Hampshire | #126 | 5 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Maine | #164 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Minnesota | #168 | 17 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Wisconsin | #196 | 15 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Colorado | #208 | 13 | 1 in 1,400 |
| Connecticut | #211 | 9 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Oregon | #220 | 9 | 1 in 1,663 |
| Kentucky | #229 | 13 | 1 in 1,989 |
| Pennsylvania | #234 | 29 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Missouri | #237 | 17 | 1 in 1,984 |
| Hawaii | #245 | 5 | 1 in 1,189 |
| Iowa | #263 | 6 | 1 in 3,179 |
| Massachusetts | #264 | 9 | 1 in 3,793 |
| Washington | #281 | 9 | 1 in 2,540 |
| Kansas | #304 | 5 | 1 in 2,814 |
| Tennessee | #312 | 10 | 1 in 3,123 |
| Oklahoma | #339 | 6 | 1 in 3,099 |
| Maryland | #343 | 5 | 1 in 4,163 |
| Virginia | #356 | 8 | 1 in 3,917 |
| Michigan | #371 | 14 | 1 in 4,583 |
| Louisiana | #404 | 9 | 1 in 3,275 |
| Ohio | #406 | 13 | 1 in 5,991 |
| Indiana | #408 | 7 | 1 in 5,646 |
| Alabama | #415 | 6 | 1 in 4,404 |
| North Carolina | #416 | 8 | 1 in 4,851 |
| New York | #418 | 24 | 1 in 4,763 |
| California | #428 | 36 | 1 in 4,175 |
| Texas | #435 | 28 | 1 in 3,775 |
| Illinois | #441 | 16 | 1 in 4,893 |
| Georgia | #474 | 7 | 1 in 5,442 |
| New Jersey | #566 | 5 | 1 in 8,564 |
| Florida | #631 | 6 | 1 in 8,442 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Kris
- 343 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,181)
- 1,042 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #3,181)
- 928 spots since 2015 (#2,253 → #3,181)
- Biggest jump: 385 spots in 1946 (#1,296 → #911)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1985 (#793 → #917)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1963 at #343 (504 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1946–1987
- Highest: 1 in 3,780 boys born in 1974 were named Kris (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #343 in 1963, was only 1 in 4,030 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.8% of all boys named Kris (4,152) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1970, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,316 |
| 1940s | 422 | #664 (1949) | #1,473 |
| 1950s | 2,634 | #361 (1959) | #481 |
| 1960s | 4,152 | #343 (1963) | #386 |
| 1970s | 3,681 | #377 (1974) | #414 |
| 1980s | 1,184 | #589 (1980) | #880 |
| 1990s | 667 | #1,210 (1992) | #1,488 |
| 2000s | 748 | #1,581 (2009) | #1,763 |
| 2010s | 646 | #1,823 (2019) | #2,139 |
| 2020s | 255 | #2,139 (2020) | #3,077 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kris in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 8,788 of them was named Kris, which outranked 92.1% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 3,780 of them was named Kris, which outranked 93.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).