Kristan
Kristan was the 13086th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 1978th; the most babies were born in 1979 (26). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,661 places. More babies were named Kristan in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,086 boys, down 1,697 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197926 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,195babies recorded
Kristan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #13,086 | — | 5 |
| 2020 | — | #11,389 | — | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,543 | #11,583 | 12 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,473 | #7,154 | 62 | 9 |
| 1990 | #959 | #5,214 | 196 | 10 |
| 1980 | #797 | #3,036 | 205 | 15 |
| 1970 | #939 | #2,988 | 136 | 11 |
| 1960 | #1,867 | #3,869 | 37 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,145 | — | 8 | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kristan, counting every spelling?
Kristan is a spelling of Kriston, a name family that had 11 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 11 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
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Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kristan?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kristan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kristan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kristan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kristan?
About 600 people born in the US named Kristan are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 26 and 51. That makes Kristan mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kristan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kristan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kristan
How popular is the name Kristan?
Kristan was the 13086th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 1978th; the most babies were born in 1979 (26). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,661 places. More babies were named Kristan in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kristan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kristan in the US.