# Kris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,971 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,400 / 13,571 (49% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 281, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 8,009 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,101 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,604 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,166 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,582 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,445 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,664 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,980 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,863 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,213 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,969 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,614 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,783 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,683 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,463 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 2,330 |
| 2012 | 72 | 1,976 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,191 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,170 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,266 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,320 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,947 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,008 |
| 2019 | 83 | 1,835 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,158 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,442 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,950 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,569 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,218 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Kris

- Kris Wu, Chinese-born Canadian rapper, actor and model (born 1990)
- Kris Allen, American musician and singer-songwriter
- Kris Humphries, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Kris Marshall, English actor
- Kris Peeters, Flemish minister president
- Kris Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer
- Kris Holden-Ried, Canadian actor
- Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kris Lemche, Canadian actor
- Kris Bryant, American baseball player
- Kris Pavone, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.