Unisex name · since 2012
Bristin
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Bristin, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
12 girls have been named Bristin since 2012, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bristin has 12 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2013.
- #51,538 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bristin ranks #51,538 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #51,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bristin's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bristin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bristin's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bristin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2013
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Bristin popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2014 (Bristin as boys' name)
Bristin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Bristin's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Bristin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bristin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~1 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bristin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.