first name
KRIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,727 people named Kris, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 59.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kris peaked in 1965, when 1,387 babies got the name.
At least 27,971 babies have been given the name since 1937. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kris by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #487. The largest share of babies named Kris, 43.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kris is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kris has been most common in Minnesota (2.9×), Wisconsin (2.6×), and Washington (2.4×), and least common in West Virginia (0.16×).
22,050 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kris
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kris, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kris ranks #80,054 of 156,621, with 256 people. See Kris as a last name
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