Girls' name · since 1969
Christyn
1,108 babies named Christyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,276 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,108
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,108 babies have been named Christyn since 1969, making it today's #15276 girls' name.
Christyn has 1,108 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15276 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #6,988 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,276 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,108 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christyn ranks #6,988 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,276 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,108 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,276 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,108
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Christyn's 1,108 recorded births place it above 90.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Christyn compares
1,108 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Christyn's all-time total is 195% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Christyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Christyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Christyn splits its recorded history at 1997: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Christyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Christyn popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2008 (Christyn as boys' name)
Christyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (324 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Christyn's strongest decade.
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Christyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 108
1970s
108 births
- 1980s
1980s
324 births
- 1990s
1990s
272 births
- 2000s
2000s
195 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 324 births (29% of all-time use).
How Christyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Christyn's total volume
Christyn by state
Where Christyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 27 | 2.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
27 of 1,108 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Christyn's data
- Christyn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (324 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Christyns (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Christyn
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Christyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Christyn 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.