Boys' name · since 1982
Kristjan
225 babies named Kristjan in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 225
- total births
- 1982–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Kristjan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 225 have been recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Kristjan recorded 225 times among boys since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2020.
- 225 total births
- 1982–2020 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kristjan's 225 recorded births place it above 73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristjan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kristjan's full recorded timeline at 2001, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kristjan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2020
- Peak year (1998)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kristjan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kristjan's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kristjan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Kristjan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1982–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kristjan: Baby Name Since 1982 - 225 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kristjan. 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 Kristjan 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.