Girls' name · since 1976
Kristilyn
Kristilyn has 59 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 59
- total births
- 1976–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Kristilyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 59 recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Kristilyn recorded 59 times among girls since 1976, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1989.
- 59 total births
- 1976–1989 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kristilyn's 59 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kristilyn's full recorded timeline at 1984, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kristilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1989
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kristilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kristilyn's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Kristilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 37 births (63% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1976–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kristilyn: Baby Name Since 1976 - 59 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kristilyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kristilyn 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 July 2026.