Kristian
Kristian is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 189 births. Its best rank was 385th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1890.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1997614 births
- Best rank
- #385in 1996
- Since 1942
- 27,439people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,627 boys have been named Kristian in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 614 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Kristian is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are girls (6,812), most of them born around 1990.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kristian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 141 | |
| 1960s | 555 | |
| 1970s | 2,363 | |
| 1980s | 1,717 | |
| 1990s | 5,194 | |
| 2000s | 5,596 | |
| 2010s | 3,865 | |
| 2020s | 1,172 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Kristian was the 389th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Kristian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tyranpeak 2000
- Cesarpeak 2004
- Darianpeak 1994
- Alejandropeak 2001
- Marcopeak 2005
- Deshunpeak 1994
- Erickpeak 2007
- Marcospeak 2001
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.