Kriston
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kriston has been given to 1,266 babies in the U.S. since 1965. 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 1980, with 39 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.
Babies named Kriston, 2008
1 in 562,000
Kriston over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kriston over time
In 2025, Kriston went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kriston?
Kriston had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2008
- 1 in 562,000
- 7 of 3,930,727 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 270,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2008
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 389,226 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kriston sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 389,226 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kriston. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kristons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kriston was born before 1985 — so the typical Kriston is around 40 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 46.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 54.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 720
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 46.7% of all recorded uses (336).
Is Kriston 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1980 (39)
- Years since peak
- 45
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 21.8% average annual change
Spellings of Kriston
Kriston is not the most common spelling — Kristen is, with 22.6% against Kriston's 0.07%.
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 Kriston is used
Across 1910–2025, Kriston was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,002,552 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2South Carolina1 in —
- 3Tennessee1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
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. Kriston has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kriston around the world
Where Kriston 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.
- England & Wales1998–2008#3,687in 2008
- South Australia1975–1989#478in 1989
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kriston by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kriston
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kriston
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.