Girls' name · since 1944
Kristeen
1,321 babies named Kristeen in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,321
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kristeen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,321 recorded since 1944.
Kristeen has 1,321 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2005.
- #6,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,321 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristeen ranks #6,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,321 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,321
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kristeen's 1,321 recorded births place it above 91.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Kristeen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kristeen splits its recorded history at 1974: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 53 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kristeen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2005
- Peak year (1971)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Kristeen by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (351 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Kristeen's strongest decade.
351 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Kristeen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 78
1940s
78 births
- 1950s
1950s
248 births
- 1960s
1960s
263 births
- 1970s
1970s
351 births
- 1980s
1980s
226 births
- 1990s 125
1990s
125 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 351 births (27% of all-time use).
How Kristeen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kristeen's total volume
Kristeen by state
Where Kristeen concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 117 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Utah | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
117 of 1,321 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Kristeen's decade-level peak was the 1970s (351 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kristeens (117 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kristeen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1944–2005 (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 Kristeen 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.