Kristian**
#701 most common boys' name of all time · #1,572 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1942–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#701
Rank overall
#1,572 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
27,634
Since 2016
2,909
Peak year
1996 #386
Best rank
#386 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 886/yr
Kristian first appears in 1942. 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 | 184 | 192 | #1,147 |
| 2024 | 18 | 190 | 208 | #1,123 |
| 2023 | 17 | 214 | 231 | #1,021 |
| 2022 | 15 | 238 | 253 | #953 |
| 2021 | 16 | 252 | 268 | #911 |
| 2020 | 30 | 279 | 309 | #822 |
| 2019 | 20 | 289 | 309 | #795 |
| 2018 | 25 | 326 | 351 | #734 |
| 2017 | 38 | 346 | 384 | #708 |
| 2016 | 45 | 359 | 404 | #690 |
| 2015 | 26 | 375 | 401 | #678 |
| 2014 | 37 | 400 | 437 | #655 |
| 2013 | 53 | 400 | 453 | #621 |
| 2012 | 56 | 442 | 498 | #581 |
| 2011 | 46 | 462 | 508 | #552 |
| 2010 | 61 | 468 | 529 | #542 |
| 2009 | 86 | 531 | 617 | #508 |
| 2008 | 67 | 546 | 613 | #502 |
| 2007 | 75 | 565 | 640 | #475 |
| 2006 | 80 | 578 | 658 | #467 |
| 2005 | 77 | 580 | 657 | #446 |
| 2004 | 87 | 512 | 599 | #485 |
| 2003 | 91 | 573 | 664 | #438 |
| 2002 | 114 | 533 | 647 | #458 |
| 2001 | 116 | 587 | 703 | #421 |
| 2000 | 157 | 591 | 748 | #419 |
| 1999 | 169 | 566 | 735 | #415 |
| 1998 | 200 | 610 | 810 | #401 |
| 1997 | 214 | 614 | 828 | #390 |
| 1996 | 279 | 607 | 886 | #386 |
| 1995 | 254 | 583 | 837 | #397 |
| 1994 | 294 | 509 | 803 | #443 |
| 1993 | 239 | 520 | 759 | #429 |
| 1992 | 309 | 493 | 802 | #448 |
| 1991 | 341 | 377 | 718 | #511 |
| 1990 | 357 | 315 | 672 | #571 |
| 1989 | 310 | 218 | 528 | #676 |
| 1988 | 217 | 193 | 410 | #677 |
| 1987 | 254 | 171 | 425 | #697 |
| 1986 | 265 | 186 | 451 | #658 |
| 1985 | 276 | 182 | 458 | #650 |
| 1984 | 202 | 162 | 364 | #682 |
| 1983 | 105 | 134 | 239 | #750 |
| 1982 | 133 | 175 | 308 | #659 |
| 1981 | 140 | 148 | 288 | #712 |
| 1980 | 103 | 148 | 251 | #717 |
| 1979 | 58 | 230 | 288 | #566 |
| 1978 | 53 | 242 | 295 | #532 |
| 1977 | 44 | 297 | 341 | #468 |
| 1976 | 38 | 257 | 295 | #500 |
| 1975 | 51 | 274 | 325 | #486 |
| 1974 | 59 | 229 | 288 | #525 |
| 1973 | 55 | 233 | 288 | #512 |
| 1972 | 55 | 212 | 267 | #548 |
| 1971 | 51 | 221 | 272 | #540 |
| 1970 | 44 | 168 | 212 | #626 |
| 1969 | 45 | 142 | 187 | #664 |
| 1968 | 35 | 76 | 111 | #839 |
| 1967 | 39 | 63 | 102 | #911 |
| 1966 | 28 | 46 | 74 | #1,098 |
| 1965 | 14 | 41 | 55 | #1,205 |
| 1964 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #1,261 |
| 1963 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,452 |
| 1961 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1960 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,318 |
| 1959 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,085 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,179 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,609 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,817 |
| 1954 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,950 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,182 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,648 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,657 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,298 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,029 |