Cristan — unisex name
203 babies named Cristan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Cristan was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Cristan in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cristan
The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Cristan between 1970 and 2003, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Cristan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 166 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cristan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cristan 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 203 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.
Cristan at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cristan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1970
- Peak year (1985)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
203 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 19 births in a single year.
Cristan popularity over time — boys
166 total births recorded since 1982 (Cristan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Cristan accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cristan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 119 births that decade — 59% of Cristan's all-time total
Cristan decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cristan's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 1970–2003 (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.