Kristyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tin
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Kristyn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Kristyn mean?
Greek: spelling of Kristin, the Scandinavian form of Christine
“follower of Christ”
Kristin is the Scandinavian form of Christine, ultimately from Greek christos, 'anointed'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kristyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kristyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kristyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Kristyn, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 459 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Kristyn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kristyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kristyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,253 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2001 | 137 | #1,383 |
| 2000 | 144 | #1,316 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,356 |
| 1998 | 167 | #1,132 |
| 1997 | 188 | #1,021 |
| 1996 | 259 | #796 |
| 1995 | 277 | #738 |
| 1994 | 282 | #735 |
| 1993 | 299 | #713 |
| 1992 | 351 | #642 |
| 1991 | 377 | #596 |
| 1990 | 459 | #518 |
| 1989 | 438 | #529 |
| 1988 | 414 | #532 |
| 1987 | 307 | #625 |
| 1986 | 318 | #604 |
| 1985 | 313 | #606 |
| 1984 | 295 | #605 |
| 1983 | 247 | #686 |
| 1982 | 289 | #621 |
| 1981 | 298 | #610 |
| 1980 | 223 | #743 |
| 1979 | 143 | #995 |
| 1978 | 119 | #1,096 |
| 1977 | 114 | #1,118 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,191 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,185 |
| 1973 | 83 | #1,254 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,161 |
| 1971 | 119 | #1,034 |
| 1970 | 90 | #1,238 |
| 1969 | 91 | #1,169 |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,598 |
| 1966 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,595 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,149 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Nicknames for Kristyn
Names like Kristyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicole Jocelyn Kayla Autumn Jordan Tessa Amber Lauren Kaitlyn Alexis Jasmine Allison
Names related to Kristyn
Kristen Kristina Kirsten Kristin Kristine Kierstyn Kristiana Krystina
More Greek names
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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, “Kristyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kristyn, updated 20 October 2026.