Kristyn — #9030 US girls' name
8,813 babies named Kristyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Kristyn was born in this single decade.
459 babies were named Kristyn in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kristyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,813 babies named Kristyn between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristyn currently holds the #9030 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 459 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kristyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 814 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristyn in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kristyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 8,813 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kristyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kristyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (1990)
- 459
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #9030 among girls.
8,813 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 459 births in a single year.
Kristyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 3,142 births that decade — 36% of Kristyn's all-time total
Kristyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,142 births
- Runner-up 2,789 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kristyn's strongest decade
3,142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Kristyn by state
Where Kristyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 814 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 614 | 7.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 578 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 543 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 443 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 365 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 339 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 319 | 3.6% |
814 of 8,813 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- New York 6.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kristyn appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.