Boys' name · since 1972
Kristof
Kristof has 299 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,600 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kristof sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 299 recorded since 1972.
Kristof has 299 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2024.
- #10,600 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 299 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristof ranks #10,600 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 299 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,600 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kristof's 299 recorded births place it above 76.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristof's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kristof's full recorded timeline at 2004, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kristof popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kristof by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (106 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Kristof's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kristof births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 106 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Kristof's decade-level peak was the 2000s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 26 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kristof: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1972–2024 (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 Kristof 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.