Crislyn — girls' name
156 babies named Crislyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Crislyn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Crislyn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Crislyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Crislyn between 1988 and 2022, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Crislyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Crislyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Crislyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Crislyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 156 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Crislyn at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Crislyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1988
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
156 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 12 births in a single year.
Crislyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 79 births that decade — 51% of Crislyn's all-time total
Crislyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Crislyn's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.