Kris**
#693 most common boys' name of all time · #1,554 across all names · 51% male / 49% female · used 1937–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#693
Rank overall
#1,554 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
27,971
Since 2016
652
Peak year
1965 #384
Best rank
#344 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 1,387/yr
Kris first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #3,197 |
| 2024 | 8 | 32 | 40 | #3,548 |
| 2023 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #3,911 |
| 2022 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #3,429 |
| 2021 | 10 | 59 | 69 | #2,327 |
| 2020 | 13 | 65 | 78 | #2,149 |
| 2019 | 12 | 83 | 95 | #1,828 |
| 2018 | 14 | 73 | 87 | #2,004 |
| 2017 | 15 | 74 | 89 | #1,943 |
| 2016 | 16 | 57 | 73 | #2,316 |
| 2015 | 24 | 59 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 17 | 63 | 80 | #2,159 |
| 2013 | 19 | 60 | 79 | #2,192 |
| 2012 | 11 | 72 | 83 | #1,967 |
| 2011 | 15 | 55 | 70 | #2,324 |
| 2010 | 16 | 50 | 66 | #2,478 |
| 2009 | 15 | 102 | 117 | #1,583 |
| 2008 | 13 | 80 | 93 | #1,828 |
| 2007 | 11 | 82 | 93 | #1,787 |
| 2006 | 10 | 87 | 97 | #1,644 |
| 2005 | 12 | 73 | 85 | #1,793 |
| 2004 | 18 | 63 | 81 | #1,941 |
| 2003 | 12 | 59 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2002 | 16 | 72 | 88 | #1,653 |
| 2001 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #1,605 |
| 2000 | 7 | 56 | 63 | #1,882 |
| 1999 | 12 | 55 | 67 | #1,810 |
| 1998 | 13 | 63 | 76 | #1,650 |
| 1997 | 23 | 60 | 83 | #1,661 |
| 1996 | 21 | 65 | 86 | #1,538 |
| 1995 | 22 | 65 | 87 | #1,484 |
| 1994 | 14 | 67 | 81 | #1,441 |
| 1993 | 25 | 66 | 91 | #1,436 |
| 1992 | 26 | 86 | 112 | #1,214 |
| 1991 | 30 | 61 | 91 | #1,460 |
| 1990 | 30 | 79 | 109 | #1,245 |
| 1989 | 28 | 73 | 101 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 29 | 91 | 120 | #1,038 |
| 1987 | 34 | 100 | 134 | #947 |
| 1986 | 24 | 92 | 116 | #956 |
| 1985 | 37 | 98 | 135 | #920 |
| 1984 | 35 | 121 | 156 | #795 |
| 1983 | 52 | 111 | 163 | #832 |
| 1982 | 57 | 125 | 182 | #792 |
| 1981 | 70 | 159 | 229 | #686 |
| 1980 | 96 | 214 | 310 | #592 |
| 1979 | 103 | 299 | 402 | #477 |
| 1978 | 131 | 380 | 511 | #397 |
| 1977 | 110 | 398 | 508 | #395 |
| 1976 | 110 | 298 | 408 | #453 |
| 1975 | 141 | 323 | 464 | #442 |
| 1974 | 167 | 416 | 583 | #378 |
| 1973 | 215 | 356 | 571 | #416 |
| 1972 | 273 | 399 | 672 | #395 |
| 1971 | 322 | 397 | 719 | #405 |
| 1970 | 437 | 415 | 852 | #393 |
| 1969 | 529 | 365 | 894 | #415 |
| 1968 | 598 | 282 | 880 | #458 |
| 1967 | 724 | 319 | 1,043 | #426 |
| 1966 | 870 | 357 | 1,227 | #397 |
| 1965 | 978 | 409 | 1,387 | #384 |
| 1964 | 940 | 433 | 1,373 | #380 |
| 1963 | 734 | 504 | 1,238 | #344 |
| 1962 | 590 | 513 | 1,103 | #347 |
| 1961 | 620 | 501 | 1,121 | #355 |
| 1960 | 575 | 469 | 1,044 | #363 |
| 1959 | 590 | 467 | 1,057 | #362 |
| 1958 | 568 | 439 | 1,007 | #371 |
| 1957 | 419 | 358 | 777 | #410 |
| 1956 | 302 | 267 | 569 | #464 |
| 1955 | 260 | 239 | 499 | #475 |
| 1954 | 187 | 204 | 391 | #508 |
| 1953 | 158 | 193 | 351 | #503 |
| 1952 | 154 | 216 | 370 | #472 |
| 1951 | 149 | 145 | 294 | #576 |
| 1950 | 104 | 106 | 210 | #676 |
| 1949 | 94 | 107 | 201 | #668 |
| 1948 | 116 | 94 | 210 | #690 |
| 1947 | 101 | 60 | 161 | #905 |
| 1946 | 69 | 53 | 122 | #924 |
| 1945 | 45 | 26 | 71 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 33 | 36 | 69 | #1,119 |
| 1943 | 16 | 19 | 35 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #2,936 |
| 1941 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #2,488 |
| 1940 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,474 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,007 |