Names/K

Kriston

girls’ name · 57%boys’ name · 43%FadedCompare

Kriston is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198039 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1965
1,260people given the name
Babies named Kriston, by year of birthgirlsboys
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

720 girls have been named Kriston in the United States since 1965, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 39 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 47%.

Kriston is used for both sexes: 43% of its bearers are boys (540), most of them born around 1976.

By decade

Decadegirls named Kriston
1960s46
1970s138
1980s336
1990s156
2000s44

In 1980, its biggest year

Kriston was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.

Names that rose and fell with Kriston

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.