first name
KRISTAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,620 people named Kristan, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Black and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 89.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kristan peaked in 1985, when 256 babies got the name.
At least 6,195 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.
Kristan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,352. The largest share of babies named Kristan, 49.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Kristan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kristan has been most common in Texas (2.2×), Tennessee (1.7×), and Ohio (1.7×), and least common in Missouri (0.65×).
2,988 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 Kristan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kristan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kristan ranks #65,358 of 156,621, with 328 people. See Kristan as a last name
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