girls:
179.3k births since 1932
#218 (96th percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1951
#3049 (33rd percentile)
overall:
180.9k births since 1932
#425 (95th percentile)
The name Kristin is the #425 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 180,888 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 94.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #218 (96.2% percentile) for all time with 179,250 births since 1932. For boys, it ranks #3,049 (33.5% percentile) for all time with 1,638 births since 1951.
Kristin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for girls and 1951 for boys).
The name Kristin has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kristin reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 96.1% percentile (ranked #31) with 5,444 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 5,444 births per million (ranked 96.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1984, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kristin ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 0.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kristin reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 11.8% percentile (ranked #576) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 50 births per million (ranked 11.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kristin".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kristin", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 39 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Christine" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Christine..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kristin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Kristin is pronounced as KRIH-stihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is krih-stihn, at 11.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K R IH1 S T IH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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