How rare is the name Kristyn?

7,978 people in the United States have the first name Kristyn, about 1 in 37,858. It ranks #2,880 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KRISTYN

#2,880

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,978
About
1 in 37,858
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,978 people named Kristyn, 81% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kristyn peaked in 1990, when 459 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
459
In 2025*
17 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,830 babies have been given the name since 1949. 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.

Kristyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,107. The largest share of babies named Kristyn, 59.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#6,29487
1960s#2,684473
1970s#1,9061,048
1980s#1,1073,142
1990s#1,3732,789
2000s#3,530922
2010s#8,249287
2020s#13,80377
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–8018.3%
Millennials 1981–9659.2%
Generation Z 1997–1217.4%
2013 and later2.7%

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 Kristyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kristyn has been most common in Michigan (2.3×), Massachusetts (1.7×), and New Jersey (1.6×), and least common in Washington (0.37×).

6,053 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 Kristyn

#2,878 Judson · 7,980#2,879 Altagracia · 7,979#2,881 Cannon · 7,963#2,882 Isela · 7,956

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kristyn, most common first.

#278 Kristen · 199,107#342 Kristin · 163,325#457 Kristina · 124,534#685 Kristine · 76,927#732 Kristi · 69,585#754 Krista · 66,762#779 Kristy · 63,534#1,177 Kristie · 33,436

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