girls:
377 births since 1948
#5339 (7th percentile)
boys:
555 births since 1949
#4031 (12th percentile)
overall:
932 births since 1948
#6807 (12th percentile)
The name Kriss is the #6,807 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 932 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,031 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 555 births since 1949. For girls, it ranks #5,339 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 377 births since 1948.
Kriss first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for girls and 1949 for boys). Birth data for Kriss is available in 52 out of the 74 years between 1948 and 2021 (51 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kriss has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.5% of all recorded births). In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Kriss were boys. Interestingly, until around 1957, the name was more popular for girls (52.7% girls from 1948 to 1956), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (62.3% boys from 1957 to 2021).
For boys, Kriss reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #621) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 15 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Kriss reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #750) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kriss".
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