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Crislyn

Gender
Girl
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KRIS-lin
Origin
Modern

Crislyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Crislyn come from?

Modern: spelling of Krislyn; blend of Kris and Lynn

Meaning borrowed from Krislyn.

Is Crislyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Crislyn is a girls' name.

How popular is Crislyn in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the girls named Crislyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1988Busiest: 12 in 20072022
Crislyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20228#11,225
20218#11,141
20200–
20190–
20180–
20176#14,120
20160–
20150–
20147#13,063
20130–
20127#13,477
201112#9,146
20105#16,985
20097#13,698
20086#15,399
200712#9,535
20067#13,601
20059#10,915
20045#16,092
20037#12,401
20028#11,102
20017#12,049
200011#8,527
19990–
19980–
19976#12,065
19960–
19950–
19945#13,423
19935#13,435
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19888#8,386

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Crislyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/crislyn, updated 20 October 2026.