Girls' name · since 1985
Kristalynn
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 152 babies named Kristalynn, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kristalynn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 152 recorded since 1985.
Kristalynn has 152 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2020.
- #22,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 152 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristalynn ranks #22,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 152 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kristalynn's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kristalynn's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kristalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2020
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kristalynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (46 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Kristalynn's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Kristalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 46 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Kristalynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kristalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1985–2020 (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 Kristalynn 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.