Is Kriste a boy or girl name?

Kriste is a girl’s name. Of the 620 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Kriste

Recorded 1950–1993 · United States

Kriste was most popular in 1955, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,865 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 620 people named Kriste.

Kriste over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kriste’s peak in 1955. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kriste a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kriste is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 620 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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