Kristian

Where Kristian comes from

Kristian hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,560 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1996
    Peak, #384
    607 babies named Kristian — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1999
    Kristian Thorstvedt born
    Norwegian footballer
  5. 2000
    Kristian Kostov born
    Bulgarian and Russian singer, songwriter and model
  6. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #794.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kristian Kostov · Bulgarian and Russian singer, songwriter and model, born 2000
  • Kristian Thorstvedt · Norwegian footballer, born 1999
  • Kristian Birkeland · Norwegian scientist, 1867–1917
  • Kristian Blummenfelt · Norwegian triathlete, born 1994
  • Kristian Jensen · Danish politician, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.