girls:
6.8k births since 1959
#1994 (65th percentile)
boys:
20.4k births since 1942
#809 (82nd percentile)
overall:
27.2k births since 1942
#1539 (80th percentile)
The name Kristian is the #1,539 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 27,223 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 80.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #809 (82.4% percentile) for all time with 20,429 births since 1942. For girls, it ranks #1,994 (65.1% percentile) for all time with 6,794 births since 1959.
Kristian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for boys and 1959 for girls). Birth data for Kristian is available in 77 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023 (77 years for boys and 63 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 Kristian has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.5% of babies named Kristian were boys.
For boys, Kristian reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 53.6% percentile (ranked #368) with 307 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 307 births per million (ranked 53.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1999, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kristian ranks #705 for boys (22.6% percentile) with 115 births per million, which is 37.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kristian reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 37.8% percentile (ranked #529) with 168 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 174 births per million (ranked 37.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1993, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kristian ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 5.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kristian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kristian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.4% confident that Kristian is pronounced as KRIHS-chuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stee-uhn, at 42.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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