Kristyn

Where Kristyn comes from

The dictionaries list Kristyn as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Kristyn Swaffer born
    Association footballer
  3. 1990
    Peak, #519
    459 babies named Kristyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,022.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Kristyn Swaffer · Association footballer, born 1975

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.