Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kristan*

#2,178 most common girls' name of all time · #3,697 across all names · 10% male / 90% female · used 1945–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#2,178
Rank overall
#3,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
6,195
Since 2016
65
Peak year
1985 #714
Best rank
#714 1985
Girls Boys peak 256/yr
1960198020002020

Kristan first appears in 1945. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5
2020 6 6
2019 5 6 11 #15,827
2018 8 8
2017 10 6 16 #10,067
2016 8 11 19 #11,939
2015 8 9 17 #12,010
2014 10 10
2013 7 7 #13,338
2012 9 9 #11,376
2011 9 6 15 #11,304
2010 12 6 18 #9,321
2009 12 8 20 #9,468
2008 17 11 28 #7,481
2007 23 9 32 #5,929
2006 17 8 25 #7,201
2005 23 12 35 #5,471
2004 21 8 29 #5,789
2003 25 10 35 #4,976
2002 29 7 36 #4,315
2001 37 5 42 #3,576
2000 62 9 71 #2,462
1999 43 7 50 #3,063
1998 61 9 70 #2,317
1997 68 12 80 #2,082
1996 123 7 130 #1,371
1995 127 15 142 #1,312
1994 136 10 146 #1,259
1993 126 9 135 #1,332
1992 136 12 148 #1,261
1991 165 9 174 #1,091
1990 196 10 206 #960
1989 210 14 224 #878
1988 192 12 204 #903
1987 192 12 204 #885
1986 223 10 233 #770
1985 242 14 256 #714
1984 206 18 224 #781
1983 183 12 195 #841
1982 223 13 236 #749
1981 202 11 213 #799
1980 205 15 220 #797
1979 126 26 152 #1,087
1978 92 18 110 #1,309
1977 81 16 97 #1,390
1976 73 15 88 #1,439
1975 99 24 123 #1,168
1974 113 12 125 #1,052
1973 109 15 124 #1,063
1972 108 13 121 #1,072
1971 124 17 141 #1,009
1970 136 11 147 #939
1969 110 15 125 #1,044
1968 100 7 107 #1,052
1967 97 9 106 #1,058
1966 64 8 72 #1,379
1965 65 7 72 #1,377
1964 62 62 #1,440
1963 44 5 49 #1,752
1962 30 10 40 #2,202
1961 34 8 42 #2,031
1960 37 6 43 #1,884
1959 32 7 39 #2,015
1958 45 5 50 #1,605
1957 12 12 #3,649
1956 10 10 #4,103
1955 15 15 #3,066
1954 7 7 #5,022
1953 13 13 #3,248
1952 24 5 29 #2,119
1951 18 18 #2,467
1950 8 8 #4,265
1949 10 10 #3,594
1948 12 12 #3,125
1947 14 14 #2,893
1946 11 11 #3,213
1945 17 17 #2,148