first name
KRISTIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,646 people named Kristian, 48.5% reported their origin as White, 23.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.8% as Black. 74.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kristian peaked in 1996, when 886 babies got the name.
At least 27,634 babies have been given the name since 1942. 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.
Kristian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #688. The largest share of babies named Kristian, 37.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Kristian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kristian has been most common in Florida (2.1×), Texas (1.7×), and Louisiana (1.6×), and least common in Iowa (0.11×).
22,129 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 Kristian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kristian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kristian ranks #112,515 of 156,621, with 166 people. See Kristian as a last name
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