Kristan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-tan
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kristan is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kristan mean?
Latin: variant of Kristian, form of Christian
“follower of Christ”
Variant of Kristian, the Scandinavian form of Christian, from Latin Christianus meaning follower of Christ.
Is Kristan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kristan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kristan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kristan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kristan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kristan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kristan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had more boys named Kristan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kristan in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Kristan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 90% of the babies named Kristan in the US in 1958, and 72% in 2007.
Kristan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Kristan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nathan, Dylan, Adam, Kamran, Ethan, Jordan, Jason, Imran, Patrick, Vinnie, Ryan, Jeevan
Other spellings of Kristan
Names related to Kristan
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kristan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kristan, updated 20 October 2026.