Kristain — unisex name
237 babies named Kristain in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Kristain was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Kristain in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kristain
The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Kristain between 1973 and 2002, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristain currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Kristain is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 66 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kristain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kristain 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 237 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.
Kristain at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kristain popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1973
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
237 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 18 births in a single year.
Kristain popularity over time — boys
66 total births recorded since 1985 (Kristain as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kristain accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kristain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 118 births that decade — 50% of Kristain's all-time total
Kristain decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kristain's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1973–2002 (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.