first name
KRYSTEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,583 people named Krysten, 69% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.9% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Krysten peaked in 1988, when 255 babies got the name.
At least 4,038 babies have been given the name since 1960. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Krysten by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,754. The largest share of babies named Krysten, 65.4%, 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 Krysten is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Krysten has been most common in Florida (2.8×), Texas (2×), and Michigan (1.8×), and least common in Georgia (0.56×).
2,153 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.
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