Krystin — girls' name
3,131 babies named Krystin in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Krystin was born in this single decade.
207 babies were named Krystin in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Krystin
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,131 babies named Krystin between 1965 and 2020, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Krystin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 207 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Krystin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,308 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Krystin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 269 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Krystin in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Krystin 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 3,131 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.
Krystin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Krystin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1965
- Peak year (1989)
- 207
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
3,131 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 207 births in a single year.
Krystin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 1,308 births that decade — 42% of Krystin's all-time total
Krystin decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,308 births
- Runner-up 1,162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Krystin's strongest decade
1,308 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Krystin by state
Where Krystin concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 269 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 257 | 8.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 147 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 129 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 121 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 109 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 79 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 58 | 1.9% |
269 of 3,131 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Krystin appears in 29 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, 1965–2020 (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.