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 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#1,063 · 1 in 12,422
- Florida#1,095 · 1 in 11,484
- California#1,196 · 1 in 17,354
- New York#1,732 · 1 in 21,908
Best ever in a state: #116 in Vermont, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #1,063 | 15 | 1 in 12,422 |
| Florida | #1,095 | 9 | 1 in 11,484 |
| California | #1,196 | 15 | 1 in 17,354 |
| New York | #1,732 | 5 | 1 in 21,908 |
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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 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 190,121 of them was named Kris, which outranked 47.1% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,901Zynia11
- #9,901Zyona11
- #9,901Zyrah11
- #10,611Kris10
- #10,611Aaleeyah10
- #10,611Aaleigha10
- #10,611Aaliayah10
- #11,417Aalaysia9
- #11,417Aaliyana9
- #11,417Aaminah9
Tied with 805 names at #10,611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 23,624 of them was named Kris, which outranked 88.3% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,627Maison88
- #1,627Pete88
- #1,627Zayd88
- #1,638Kris87
- #1,638Aman87
- #1,638Avraham87
- #1,638Brandan87
- #1,654Akhil86
- #1,654Brecken86
- #1,654Coltin86
Tied with 15 names at #1,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.