Kriston is a rare variant of Kristen that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Kriston is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Kriston was first reported in SSA data in 1961 and peaked in 1980 (39 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,427 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,479 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,238 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,214 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,554 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,294 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,278 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,551 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,515 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,245 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,923 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,511 |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #14,654 | #5,659 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,392 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,440 |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #17,961 | #6,069 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #17,567 | #7,915 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,529 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #14,591 | #7,384 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #11,564 | #6,743 |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | #7,820 | #7,157 |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,880 |
| 1998 | 22 | 22 | #8,302 | #5,678 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | #6,343 | #5,139 |
| 1996 | 28 | — | #5,417 | #5,793 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | #6,448 | #7,443 |
| 1994 | 30 | — | #5,864 | #4,427 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #6,112 | #4,885 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | #4,953 | #4,470 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | #5,293 | — |
| 1990 | 37 | — | #3,675 | #6,164 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | #3,131 | #5,410 |
| 1988 | 35 | — | #2,953 | — |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #3,923 | #5,820 |
| 1986 | 48 | — | #2,811 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 50 | — | #2,680 | #3,315 |
| 1984 | 41 | — | #3,020 | #3,580 |
| 1983 | 41 | — | #2,879 | #3,763 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | #2,470 | #3,825 |
| 1981 | 44 | — | #2,512 | #5,915 |
| 1980 | 57 | — | #2,463 | #2,677 |
| 1979 | 32 | — | #4,735 | #2,725 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | #4,552 | #3,002 |
| 1977 | 23 | — | #7,207 | #2,851 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | #4,761 | #2,380 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | #3,851 | #3,007 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | #4,325 | #2,515 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #2,960 | #2,949 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | #4,648 | #2,749 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #6,303 | #2,749 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #4,370 | #2,989 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #4,582 | #2,971 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | #4,630 | #3,253 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #3,950 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,528 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #6,157 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | — | #4,386 |