Girls' name · peaked in 1981
Kristin name popularity since 1925
180,951 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kristin (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Kristin is about 45 years old in 2026. Kristin peaked in 1981 as the #31 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 180,951
- Named Kristin, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,706 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 179,313 girls · 1,638 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 1.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Kristin made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kristin births per year, 1925–2025
1981 was the biggest year for Kristin both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1962 and 1967, Kristin became 4.9× more common, from 1 in 2,240 baby girls to 1 in 459.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 3,730 to 1 in 10,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kristin's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kristin.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kristin in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 171 | 0 | #2,649 |
| 1940s | 1,685 | 0 | #659 |
| 1950s | 4,837 | 40 | #408 |
| 1960s | 24,354 | 213 | #135 |
| 1970s | 42,384 | 658 | #74 |
| 1980s | 70,558 | 483 | #49 |
| 1990s | 27,819 | 157 | #131 |
| 2000s | 6,099 | 67 | #535 |
| 2010s | 1,184 | 20 | #1,845 |
| 2020–25 | 222 | 0 | #4,706 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.0% of babies named Kristin from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kristin is most popular
The index compares Kristin's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kristin.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 1.86× | 6,579 |
| Delaware | 1.77× | 657 |
| Minnesota | 1.76× | 5,751 |
| Massachusetts | 1.51× | 6,444 |
| New Hampshire | 1.47× | 828 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kristin and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kristin (this page) | 179,313 | 1981 |
| Kristen | 218,767 | 1982 |
| Kristyn | 8,830 | 1990 |
| Kristan | 5,545 | 1985 |
| Cristin | 4,269 | 1981 |
| Krystin | 3,131 | 1989 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kristin's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kristin.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kristin (1981).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data