Kristyn

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births

Peak · girls
1990 · 459 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,830
since 1949

Kristyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kristyn has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #519, 1990girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#8,94611
2023#9,61610
2022#11,2318
2021#8,46412
2020#6,08319
2019#8,59712
2018#8,14613
2017#6,28719
2016#5,98521
2015#4,72529
2014#4,65730
2013#4,15635
2012#3,52345
2011#3,91638
2010#3,51645
2009#3,29850
2008#2,66369
2007#2,68468
2006#2,63168
2005#2,25480
2004#1,99992
2003#1,89696
2002#1,573118
2001#1,384137
2000#1,318144
1999#1,358130
1998#1,133167
1997#1,022188
1996#796259
1995#739277
1994#736282
1993#713299
1992#642351
1991#596377
1990#519459
1989#529438
1988#532414
1987#625307
1986#604318
1985#606313
1984#605295
1983#686247
1982#621289
1981#610298
1980#743223
1979#995143
1978#1,096119
1977#1,118114
1976#1,19195
1975#1,17598
1974#1,18594
1973#1,25483
1972#1,16193
1971#1,034119
1970#1,23890
1969#1,16991
1968#1,08396
1967#1,59850
1966#1,46357
1965#1,59549
1964#1,91838
1963#2,25228
1962#2,81419
1961#3,18916
1960#2,15029
1959#3,43613
1958#3,54312
1957#4,9187
1956#4,1619
1955#4,0699
1954#4,2788
1953#4,5957
1952#3,04013
1951#3,7149
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Kristyn! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kristyn is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #821 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,356 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,120 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,392 girlsMINew York: #1,282 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,222 girlsNYMassachusetts: #690 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,360 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: #819 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,559 girlsINOhio: #859 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,730 girlsOHPennsylvania: #777 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,474 girlsPANew Jersey: #993 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,351 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,418 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 13,928 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #759 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,904 girlsMOKentucky: #472 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,293 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #740 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,543 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedDEArizona: #868 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,615 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,913 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #578 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,607 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kristyn, so not publishedHITexas: #956 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,363 girlsTXFlorida: #1,183 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,479 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#357 · 1 in 1,913
  2. Kentucky#472 · 1 in 3,293
  3. Louisiana#578 · 1 in 3,607
  4. Massachusetts#690 · 1 in 6,360
  5. Virginia#740 · 1 in 5,543

Best ever in a state: #173 in New Hampshire, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#35761 in 1,913
Kentucky#47261 in 3,293
Louisiana#57861 in 3,607
Massachusetts#69051 in 6,360
Virginia#74061 in 5,543
Missouri#75951 in 5,904
Pennsylvania#77791 in 6,474
Indiana#81951 in 6,559
Illinois#821111 in 6,356
Ohio#85981 in 7,730
Arizona#86851 in 5,615
Texas#956191 in 7,363
New Jersey#99351 in 8,351
Michigan#1,12051 in 10,392
Florida#1,18371 in 10,479
New York#1,28291 in 11,222
California#1,418161 in 13,928
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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 Kristyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,400 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #6,546)
  • 463 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #6,546)
  • 1,821 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1980 (#995 → #743)
  • Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1997 (#796 → #1,022)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1990 at #519 (459 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1979–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,136
  • Highest: 1 in 4,136 girls born in 1990 were named Kristyn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 35.6% of all girls named Kristyn (3,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,244 (1949)#5,244
1950s87#3,040 (1952)#3,973
1960s473#1,083 (1968)#1,923
1970s1,048#995 (1979)#1,145
1980s3,142#529 (1989)#616
1990s2,789#519 (1990)#825
2000s922#1,318 (2000)#2,170
2010s287#3,516 (2010)#5,351
2020s77#6,083 (2020)#8,481

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.

Kristyn in 1997

girls
#1,022
188 births · 1 in 9,259 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,022Kristyn188
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 9,259 of them was named Kristyn, which outranked 93.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristyn
  1. #1,019Ashli189
  2. #1,019Betty189
  3. #1,019Tayla189
  4. #1,022Kristyn188
  5. #1,022Fallon188
  6. #1,022Jensen188
  7. #1,022London188
  8. #1,026Ivette187
  9. #1,026Lillie187
  10. #1,026Shyla187

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →