Krystyna
Krystyna was last recorded in 2020, when 7 babies were given it; 1,654 Americans have been recorded with it between 1952 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,590 Americans named Krystyna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 31 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Krystyna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Krystyna mean?
Wiktionary, Polish section
Krystyna is “a female given name, equivalent to English Christina”
Learned borrowing from Latin Christina.
/krɘsˈtɘ.na/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Polish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Krystyna?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,868, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
91 babies in 1990, the peak
Krystyna peaked in 1990, when 91 girls were given it, #1,635 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #12,868 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,260 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,676 | 4.0 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,982 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,321 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,464 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,065 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,207 | 9.8 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,809 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,590 | 8.8 |
Every recorded year (64)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17 | #7,342 | 8.9 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,525 | 12.4 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,641 | 9.8 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,360 | 16.4 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,018 | 10.6 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,145 | 16.7 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,120 | 16.5 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,602 | 19.2 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,083 | 15.8 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,497 | 19.0 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,185 | 21.1 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,755 | 25.0 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,517 | 28.0 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,426 | 28.7 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,952 | 38.5 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,967 | 37.9 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,635 | 47.9 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,617 | 46.6 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,558 | 47.7 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,558 | 46.6 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,207 | 27.4 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,193 | 27.9 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,126 | 27.9 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,333 | 24.5 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,300 | 15.4 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,187 | 16.2 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,910 | 18.7 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,716 | 13.1 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,052 | 17.0 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,140 | 11.1 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,240 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,030 | 11.0 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,490 | 12.9 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,861 | 11.0 |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,005 | 14.5 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,419 | 7.8 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,370 | 7.4 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,583 | 6.5 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,948 | 5.5 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,454 | 6.1 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,982 | 10.6 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,072 | 6.2 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,220 | 5.8 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,535 | 7.3 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,564 | 3.6 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,386 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,445 | 6.9 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,531 | 6.4 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,022 | 8.0 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,716 | 3.9 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,801 | 5.5 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,456 | 3.1 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,807 | 3.7 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,972 | 4.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Krystyna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Krystyna has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 64 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Krystyna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Krystyna, and how old are they?
1,590 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 1,654 Americans ever recorded as Krystyna. The median Krystyna alive today is 37 years old; half are between 31 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 6,654 people named Krystyna (6,640 women and girls, 14 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,599 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 104 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 250 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 880 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 328 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 24 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Krystyna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.