girls:
237 births since 1973
#5479 (4th percentile)
boys:
66 births since 1985
#4520 (1st percentile)
overall:
303 births since 1973
#7436 (4th percentile)
The name Kristain is the #7,436 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 303 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,479 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 237 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,520 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1985.
Kristain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Kristain is available in 25 out of the 42 years between 1973 and 2014 (23 years for girls and 10 years for boys). 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 Kristain has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2014, 0.0% of babies named Kristain were girls. Interestingly, until around 2009, the name was more popular for girls (80.9% girls from 1973 to 2008), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2009 to 2014).
For girls, Kristain reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #808) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 9 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2002.
For boys, Kristain reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #793) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kristain".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kristain. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.5% confident that Kristain is pronounced as krih-STAYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stayn, at 30.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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