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Cristin

Girls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Cristin has been given to 4,389 babies in the U.S. since 1948. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1981, with 274 recorded.

Babies named Cristin, 2018

1 in 502,000

Cristin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cristin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cristin means

Cristin is a given name.

The naming story behind Cristin

Wikidata records Cristin as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q26266257, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,269 girls were recorded with the name Cristin between 1948 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 274 in 1981; its best national rank was #645 in 1981.

In the United States, 120 boys were recorded with the name Cristin between 1969 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1994; its best national rank was #3,689 in 1972.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Cristin?

Cristin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018
1 in 502,000
7 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only
1 in 243,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
348,244 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cristin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 348,244 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cristin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cristins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cristin was born before 1982 — so the typical Cristin is around 43 today.

Median birth year
1982
About 43 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
42.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,264
People you could plausibly meet
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1980s — 42.6% of all recorded uses (1,817).

Is Cristin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1981 (274)
Years since peak
44
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#645
1981

Spellings of Cristin

Cristin is not the most common spelling — Christine is, with 28.5% against Cristin's 0.21%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Cristin is used

Across 1910–2025, Cristin was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 60,899 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 33,333
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Connecticut1 in 50,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 50,000
  7. 7New York1 in 50,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cristin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Cristin around the world

Where Cristin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Northern Ireland
    2001–2001
    #343
    in 2001
  • Ireland
    1982–1993
    #448
    in 1993
  • Canada
    1991–1991
    #2,397
    in 1991
  • South Australia
    1967–1989
    #692
    in 1989

Popularity data from Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Cristin

People whose public names include Cristin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Cristin in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Cristin. Linked forms have their own page here.

KineKristiKristyKerstinKristinChristinCristinaKristinaKristineKrystynaChristinaChristineCristianaKristianeKristiinaKrisztinaKrystianaChristianaChristianeCerstinKristínKristínaKristýnaCristiane

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Cristin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#645
1981
Peak year
1981
274 that year
First recorded
1948
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
4,269
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,689
1972
Peak year
1994
9 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
120
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Cristin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CristiCrimsonCristalCristyCristelCristenCricketCristieCristaCristineAustinCrissyCristelaKrystinTristinCriseldaKerstinCristianaKirstinCristinaCristianJustinCrissieKierstin

Names with a curve like Cristin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Cristin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TabethaShastaDannielleSheritaAaronShanitaMatthewLakeshiaStephaineShavonKindraCharissa

Sibling names for Cristin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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