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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #126 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 405 girlsAKMaine: #90 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 336 girlsMEVermont: #94 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 341 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #113 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 488 girlsNHWashington: #124 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 570 girlsWAIdaho: #127 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 454 girlsIDMontana: #87 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 305 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #107 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 369 girlsNDMinnesota: #108 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 480 girlsMNIllinois: #94 for girls · 185 births · 1 in 407 girlsILWisconsin: #60 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 254 girlsWIMichigan: #78 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 354 girlsMINew York: #110 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 523 girlsNYMassachusetts: #123 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 569 girlsMARhode Island: #137 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 581 girlsRIOregon: #107 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 439 girlsORNevada: #214 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 909 girlsNVWyoming: #43 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 145 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #83 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 282 girlsSDIowa: #92 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 373 girlsIAIndiana: #79 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 354 girlsINOhio: #88 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 414 girlsOHPennsylvania: #109 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 511 girlsPANew Jersey: #95 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 426 girlsNJConnecticut: #104 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 436 girlsCTCalifornia: #164 for girls · 309 births · 1 in 831 girlsCAUtah: #183 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 863 girlsUTColorado: #118 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 515 girlsCONebraska: #108 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 425 girlsNEMissouri: #97 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 429 girlsMOKentucky: #74 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 323 girlsKYWest Virginia: #93 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 398 girlsWVVirginia: #90 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 429 girlsVAMaryland: #80 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 344 girlsMDDelaware: #65 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 223 girlsDEArizona: #110 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 504 girlsAZNew Mexico: #140 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 579 girlsNMKansas: #94 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 381 girlsKSArkansas: #75 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 320 girlsARTennessee: #59 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 281 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #62 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 267 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #79 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 343 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #138 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 527 girlsDCOklahoma: #79 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 337 girlsOKLouisiana: #84 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 388 girlsLAMississippi: #84 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 402 girlsMSAlabama: #82 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 369 girlsALGeorgia: #62 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 279 girlsGAHawaii: #69 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 253 girlsHITexas: #117 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 542 girlsTXFlorida: #78 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 363 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#43 · 1 in 145
  2. Tennessee#59 · 1 in 281
  3. Wisconsin#60 · 1 in 254
  4. North Carolina#62 · 1 in 267
  5. Georgia#62 · 1 in 279

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#43111 in 145
Tennessee#591061 in 281
Wisconsin#601091 in 254
Georgia#621481 in 279
North Carolina#621491 in 267
Delaware#65161 in 223
Hawaii#69191 in 253
Kentucky#74651 in 323
Arkansas#75371 in 320
Florida#782071 in 363
Michigan#781611 in 354
Indiana#79941 in 354
Oklahoma#79511 in 337
South Carolina#79551 in 343
Maryland#80781 in 344
Alabama#82581 in 369
South Dakota#83131 in 282
Louisiana#84611 in 388
Mississippi#84321 in 402
Montana#87111 in 305
Ohio#881641 in 414
Maine#90171 in 336
Virginia#90851 in 429
Iowa#92411 in 373
West Virginia#93211 in 398
Illinois#941851 in 407
Kansas#94351 in 381
Vermont#9471 in 341
New Jersey#951071 in 426
Missouri#97721 in 429
Connecticut#104411 in 436
North Dakota#10791 in 369
Oregon#107371 in 439
Minnesota#108551 in 480
Nebraska#108201 in 425
Pennsylvania#1091341 in 511
Arizona#110521 in 504
New York#1102221 in 523
New Hampshire#113121 in 488
Texas#1172541 in 542
Colorado#118411 in 515
Massachusetts#123631 in 569
Washington#124541 in 570
Alaska#12681 in 405
Idaho#127121 in 454
Rhode Island#13791 in 581
District of Columbia#138101 in 527
New Mexico#140161 in 579
California#1643091 in 831
Utah#183161 in 863
Nevada#21481 in 909

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 1992

girls
#90
3,597 births · 1 in 513 girls
boys
#3,459
18 births · 1 in 110,967 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #90Kristin3,597

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #3,459Kristin18
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 513 of them was named Kristin, which outranked 99.4% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristin
  1. #87Ariel3,961
  2. #88Lisa3,781
  3. #89Miranda3,695
  4. #90Kristin3,597
  5. #91Meghan3,595
  6. #92Cynthia3,548
  7. #93Kristina3,466
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 110,967 of them was named Kristin, which outranked 64.8% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristin
  1. #3,338Wardell19
  2. #3,338Yoseph19
  3. #3,338Zackry19
  4. #3,459Kristin18
  5. #3,459Alexandria18
  6. #3,459Alexei18
  7. #3,459Alvino18
  8. #3,604Aaren17
  9. #3,604Abe17
  10. #3,604Adiel17

Tied with 144 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →