Is Kriss a boy or girl name?

Kriss is a unisex name. Of the 932 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 40.5% were girls and 59.5% were boys. It changed hands in 1970, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kriss

Recorded 1948–2021 · United States

Kriss was most popular in 1963, when 58 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,362 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 932 people named Kriss.

Kriss over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kriss’s peak in 1963. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kriss a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kriss is a unisex name — 40.5% of the 932 Americans given it were girls and 59.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1970 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org