How Many People Are Named Kris?
people named Kris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,233 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,971 babies named Kris in Social Security records from 1937 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,387 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of KRISTIAN, KRISTOFFER, and other names beginning with Kris.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kris in English. Counting Kris and these spellings together, about 159,866 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kris, 49.5% were girls and 50.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kris fell from 54.4% in the 1940s to 17.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kris alive today is about 54 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kris first appears in the records in 1937 and was given most often in 1965, to 1,387 babies. In 2025, 45 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1937 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kris has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #344, in 1963. In 2025 it ranked #3,217. Among girls, its best rank was #277, in 1965.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,217 | #11,459 |
| Best rank | #344 (1963) | #277 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #392 in the 1960s | #347 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kris were born in California than in any other state: about 2,825 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kris was given 2.9 times as often in Minnesota, 2.5 times in Washington and 2.4 times in Wisconsin.
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