Cristin — girls' name
4,269 babies named Cristin in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Cristin was born in this single decade.
274 babies were named Cristin in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cristin
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,269 babies named Cristin between 1948 and 2018, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 274 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,817 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cristin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 384 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristin in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cristin 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 4,269 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.
Cristin at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cristin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1948
- Peak year (1981)
- 274
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
4,269 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 274 births in a single year.
Cristin popularity over time — boys
120 total births recorded since 1969 (Cristin as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Cristin accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cristin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 1,817 births that decade — 43% of Cristin's all-time total
Cristin decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,817 births
- Runner-up 1,191 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cristin's strongest decade
1,817 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Cristin by state
Where Cristin concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 384 | 9.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 291 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 264 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 217 | 5.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 141 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 124 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 124 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 119 | 2.8% |
384 of 4,269 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cristin appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1948–2018 (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.