Krystyna — girls' name
1,654 babies named Krystyna in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Krystyna was born in this single decade.
91 babies were named Krystyna in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Krystyna
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,654 babies named Krystyna between 1952 and 2020, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Krystyna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 91 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Krystyna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 519 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Krystyna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 98 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Krystyna in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Krystyna 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 1,654 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.
Krystyna at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Krystyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1952
- Peak year (1990)
- 91
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
1,654 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 91 births in a single year.
Krystyna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 519 births that decade — 31% of Krystyna's all-time total
Krystyna decade highlights
- Peak decade 519 births
- Runner-up 511 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Krystyna's strongest decade
519 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Krystyna by state
Where Krystyna concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 98 | 5.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 95 | 5.7% |
| #3 | California | | 94 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 28 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 18 | 1.1% |
98 of 1,654 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.9% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- California 5.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Krystyna appears in 11 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, 1952–2020 (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.