Kristyn
Kristyn was the 6700th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 519th with 459 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,904 places. More babies were named Kristyn in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,700 girls, down 488 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990459 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,830babies recorded
Kristyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,700 | 17 |
| 2020 | #6,212 | 19 |
| 2010 | #3,548 | 45 |
| 2000 | #1,323 | 144 |
| 1990 | #519 | 459 |
| 1980 | #745 | 223 |
| 1970 | #1,245 | 90 |
| 1960 | #2,169 | 29 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kristyn, counting every spelling?
Kristyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 17 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 17 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristyn | 17 | #6,700 | 58 |
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 Kristyn?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kristyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kristyn 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 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kristyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kristyn?
About 8,500 people born in the US named Kristyn are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 31 and 44. That makes Kristyn 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 Kristyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kristyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kristyn
How popular is the name Kristyn?
Kristyn was the 6700th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 519th with 459 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,904 places. More babies were named Kristyn in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kristyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kristyn in the US.