girls:
720 births since 1965
#4996 (13th percentile)
boys:
540 births since 1961
#4046 (12th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1961
#6481 (16th percentile)
The name Kriston is the #6,481 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,260 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 16.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,996 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 720 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,046 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 540 births since 1961.
Kriston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for boys and 1965 for girls). Birth data for Kriston is available in 56 out of the 62 years between 1961 and 2022 (51 years for boys and 40 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 Kriston has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.1% of all recorded births). In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Kriston were girls.
For girls, Kriston reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #751) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
For boys, Kriston reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #642) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kriston".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kriston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Kriston is pronounced as KRIH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is krih-stuhn, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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