Recorded 1942–2025 · United States
Kristian was most popular in 1996, when 886 American babies were given the name — ranking #618 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,276, with 192 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 27,634 people named Kristian.
Kristian first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1942, which makes it about 83 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 79 of the 84 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 27,634 American births named Kristian between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 26,726 are estimated to be alive today.
192 American babies were named Kristian in 2025, ranking #2,276 that year.
Kristian is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 230 births a year, against 459 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -50% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kristian is a unisex name — 24.7% of the 27,634 Americans given it were girls and 75.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1991 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% 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.
Roughly 26,726 Americans named Kristian are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 18 and 37.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Christian · Latin · "follower of Christ"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org