Kristin was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #31 in 1981 but is far less common today.
Kristin is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,706 for girl births in the United States (and #8,174 across all names), given to 29 babies. Kristin was first reported in SSA data in 1932 and peaked in 1981 (9,737 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | #4,706 | — |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | #4,525 | — |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | #4,613 | — |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | #4,008 | — |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | #3,522 | — |
| 2020 | 51 | 51 | #3,121 | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | #3,482 | #9,376 |
| 2018 | 65 | 65 | #2,666 | — |
| 2017 | 65 | 65 | #2,681 | — |
| 2016 | 82 | 82 | #2,435 | #11,547 |
| 2015 | 112 | 112 | #1,845 | — |
| 2014 | 135 | 135 | #1,598 | — |
| 2013 | 144 | 144 | #1,568 | #11,550 |
| 2012 | 155 | 155 | #1,465 | — |
| 2011 | 165 | 165 | #1,386 | — |
| 2010 | 228 | 228 | #1,093 | — |
| 2009 | 261 | 261 | #1,013 | — |
| 2008 | 322 | 322 | #880 | #13,709 |
| 2007 | 364 | 364 | #811 | #8,622 |
| 2006 | 521 | 521 | #575 | #7,224 |
| 2005 | 545 | 545 | #535 | #10,887 |
| 2004 | 564 | 564 | #521 | #6,795 |
| 2003 | 716 | 716 | #418 | — |
| 2002 | 835 | 835 | #362 | #10,128 |
| 2001 | 971 | 971 | #320 | #7,995 |
| 2000 | 1,067 | 1,067 | #301 | #6,149 |
| 1999 | 1,206 | 1,206 | #266 | #5,519 |
| 1998 | 1,459 | 1,459 | #211 | #5,334 |
| 1997 | 1,759 | — | #174 | #7,751 |
| 1996 | 2,203 | — | #147 | #5,792 |
| 1995 | 2,435 | — | #131 | #3,779 |
| 1994 | 2,856 | — | #114 | #4,020 |
| 1993 | 3,005 | — | #109 | #4,363 |
| 1992 | 3,615 | — | #90 | #3,542 |
| 1991 | 4,112 | — | #86 | #2,721 |
| 1990 | 5,326 | — | #65 | #2,585 |
| 1989 | 6,108 | — | #60 | #1,747 |
| 1988 | 6,046 | — | #58 | #2,279 |
| 1987 | 5,507 | — | #55 | #1,597 |
| 1986 | 6,037 | — | #50 | #1,710 |
| 1985 | 6,616 | — | #49 | #1,380 |
| 1984 | 7,057 | — | #47 | #1,339 |
| 1983 | 7,305 | — | #42 | #1,578 |
| 1982 | 8,795 | — | #37 | #1,184 |
| 1981 | 9,801 | — | #31 | #1,146 |
| 1980 | 7,769 | — | #37 | #1,099 |
| 1979 | 4,323 | — | #73 | #1,185 |
| 1978 | 3,866 | — | #78 | #1,162 |
| 1977 | 3,663 | — | #82 | #1,151 |
| 1976 | 3,693 | — | #74 | #1,023 |
| 1975 | 3,957 | — | #74 | #935 |
| 1974 | 4,300 | — | #72 | #895 |
| 1973 | 3,956 | — | #78 | #1,133 |
| 1972 | 4,663 | — | #67 | #913 |
| 1971 | 4,919 | — | #71 | #1,074 |
| 1970 | 5,702 | — | #63 | #973 |
| 1969 | 4,805 | — | #76 | #1,079 |
| 1968 | 4,161 | — | #84 | #1,529 |
| 1967 | 3,620 | — | #97 | #1,790 |
| 1966 | 3,281 | — | #107 | #1,790 |
| 1965 | 2,857 | — | #135 | #1,469 |
| 1964 | 1,745 | — | #206 | #1,771 |
| 1963 | 1,597 | — | #216 | #2,007 |
| 1962 | 890 | — | #317 | #2,241 |
| 1961 | 830 | — | #328 | #3,245 |
| 1960 | 781 | — | #340 | #3,508 |
| 1959 | 724 | — | #356 | #2,253 |
| 1958 | 602 | — | #372 | — |
| 1957 | 545 | — | #395 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 453 | — | #429 | — |
| 1955 | 464 | — | #408 | — |
| 1954 | 412 | — | #432 | #4,118 |
| 1953 | 452 | — | #403 | #3,626 |
| 1952 | 440 | — | #394 | — |
| 1951 | 429 | — | #400 | #3,221 |
| 1950 | 356 | — | #425 | — |
| 1949 | 322 | — | #444 | — |
| 1948 | 317 | — | #448 | — |
| 1947 | 275 | — | #496 | — |
| 1946 | 239 | — | #510 | — |
| 1945 | 125 | — | #659 | — |
| 1944 | 108 | — | #729 | — |
| 1943 | 100 | — | #779 | — |
| 1942 | 87 | — | #825 | — |
| 1941 | 61 | — | #945 | — |
| 1940 | 51 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1939 | 56 | — | #943 | — |
| 1938 | 24 | — | #1,575 | — |
| 1937 | 34 | — | #1,242 | — |
| 1936 | 20 | — | #1,718 | — |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,649 | — |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,836 | — |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #3,005 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,753 | — |