Kriston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-ten
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kriston is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kriston mean?
Greek: spelling of Christen; Danish and Norwegian form of Christian
“follower of Christ”
Meaning borrowed from Christen.
Is Kriston a girl's or a boy's name?
Kriston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kriston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Kriston, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had more boys named Kriston than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Kriston in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Kriston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
In 1994, 53% of the babies named Kriston in the US were girls.
Kriston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Nicknames for Kriston
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kriston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jason, Christian, Tyson, Mason, Lucas, Aaron, Damon, Jackson, Justin, Andrew, Jordan, Cristian
Other spellings of Kriston
Names related to Kriston
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Kriston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kriston, updated 20 October 2026.