How Many People Are Named Kristin?

171,125

people named Kristin are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 1,997 people in the US has this name

Based on 180,951 babies named Kristin in Social Security records from 1932 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#327

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#162

See the top 100

Peak Year

1981

9,801 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English
Pronunciation: kris-TEEN (Swedish, German), KRIS-tin (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Kristin in English. Counting Kristin and these spellings together, about 175,066 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.1%
Male
0.9%

Of the babies given the name Kristin, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kristin alive today is about 44 years old, and 84% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 52 in 2025.

Under 30 14,043
8.2%
30 to 59 144,442
84.4%
60 and over 12,639
7.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kristin first appears in the records in 1932 and was given most often in 1981, to 9,801 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1932 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kristin never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #31, in 1981, and it was in the top 100 for 26 years, 1967 to 1992. In 2025 it ranked #4,705.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,705
Best rank#31 (1981)
Years in the top 10026 (1967 to 1992)
Rank in its biggest decade#43 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kristin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kristin were born in California than in any other state: about 16,280 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kristin was given 1.8 times as often in Minnesota, 1.8 times in Wisconsin and 1.7 times in Delaware.

California 16,280
New York 12,380
Illinois 9,571
Pennsylvania 9,432
Texas 9,186
Michigan 8,196
Ohio 7,827
Wisconsin 6,146
Massachusetts 6,041
Florida 5,919
New Jersey 5,720
Minnesota 5,337
Indiana 4,067
Virginia 3,742
North Carolina 3,570
Missouri 3,453
Washington 3,347
Georgia 3,180
Iowa 3,094
Maryland 3,048
Tennessee 2,634
Connecticut 2,628
Colorado 2,488
Oregon 2,220
Louisiana 2,172
Kentucky 1,993
Arizona 1,949
Oklahoma 1,907
Alabama 1,816
Kansas 1,747
South Carolina 1,638
Nebraska 1,563
Utah 1,530
Arkansas 1,030
West Virginia 1,020
Mississippi 1,009
New Hampshire 787
Rhode Island 770
District of Columbia 729
Maine 729
New Mexico 711
North Dakota 700
Idaho 688
South Dakota 679
Delaware 628
Hawaii 615
Montana 594
Nevada 518
Vermont 356
Alaska 341
Wyoming 271

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