# Kristian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kristian/  
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 | 27,634 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20,814 / 6,820 (25% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,825, 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 | 46 | 3,480 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,032 |
| 2013 | 53 | 3,106 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,064 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,223 |
| 2016 | 45 | 3,497 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,958 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,247 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,091 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,497 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,122 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,482 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,811 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,539 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,464 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 462 | 551 |
| 2012 | 442 | 581 |
| 2013 | 400 | 621 |
| 2014 | 400 | 655 |
| 2015 | 375 | 677 |
| 2016 | 359 | 690 |
| 2017 | 346 | 709 |
| 2018 | 326 | 732 |
| 2019 | 289 | 795 |
| 2020 | 279 | 825 |
| 2021 | 252 | 912 |
| 2022 | 238 | 955 |
| 2023 | 214 | 1,022 |
| 2024 | 190 | 1,125 |
| 2025 | 184 | 1,149 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 528 |
| 2012 | 91 | 434 |
| 2013 | 61 | 581 |
| 2014 | 73 | 520 |
| 2015 | 76 | 506 |
| 2016 | 74 | 525 |
| 2017 | 65 | 581 |
| 2018 | 72 | 535 |
| 2019 | 44 | 740 |
| 2020 | 46 | 719 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 42 | 771 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 37 | 856 |

## People named Kristian

- Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician; the 2nd President of Finland (1883–1942)
- Kristian Kostov, Bulgarian and Russian singer, songwriter and model
- Kristian Jensen, Danish politician
- Kristian Thulesen Dahl, Danish politician
- Kristian Zahrtmann, Danish painter (1843-1917)
- Kristian Alfonso, American actress
- Kristian Ipsen, American diver
- Kristian Pedersen, Danish association football player, born 1994
- Kristian Pless, Danish tennis player
- Kristian Bruun, Canadian actor
- Kristian Bezuidenhout, Australian pianist and harpsichordist
- Kristian Levring, Danish filmmaker

## 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.