Unisex name · since 1996
Kristyan
15 babies named Kristyan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 15
- total births
- 1996–2015
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
Kristyan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristyan has been recorded 15 times among boys since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2015.
- 15 total births
- 1996–2015 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kristyan's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kristyan's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded.
Kristyan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2015
- Peak year (1996)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Kristyan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Kristyan as girls' name)
Kristyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kristyan's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kristyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (67% 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, 1996–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kristyan: Baby Name Since 1996 - 15 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kristyan. 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 Kristyan 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.