Kristin

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kristin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kristin: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #5 in 1977, and it stood at #251 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
118times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#5highest recorded position
30groupings it qualifies for
36names it appears alongside

What stands out in Kristin's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 57 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 36 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1176
1998	#1122
1999	#1805
2000	#1389
2001	#1520
2002	#2868
2003	#1722
2004	#1715
2005	#2084
2006	#2137
2007	#1741
2008	#2721
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2012	#2969
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2023: #363 among girls in Norway, #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #130 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #5 among girls in Norway, in 1977 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #251 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Kristin appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 17,638 births with the name.

Kristin across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kristin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#130 (1945)	#5 (1977)	#251 (2025)	81 of 81	17,638 (1945–2025)	623 (1967)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#1122 (1998)	#5687 (2023)	23 of 28	195 (1996–2023)	18 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#542 (1980)	#423 (1981)	#842 (2007)	6 of 28	21 (1980–2007)	5 (1981)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#339 (2002)	#384 (2006)	5 of 10	15 (1997–2006)	3 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#2859 (1997)	#3036 (2000)	3 of 4	9 (1997–2000)	3 (1997)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Norway · Girls the name reached its highest position, #5, in 1977, when 457 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1967 — 623 — in a year it ranked #7.

Kristin by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kristin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	269	5 of 10	54
1950s	1,786	10 of 10	179
1960sbusiest	4,685	10 of 10	469
1970s	4,573	10 of 10	457
1980s	3,109	10 of 10	311
1990s	2,225	10 of 10	223
2000s	708	10 of 10	71
2010s	209	10 of 10	21
2020s	74	6 of 10	12

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 469 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1963 and 1964, when recorded births rose by 142, from 410 to 552.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kristin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Norway in 1978.

Kristin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#251	16	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#281	14	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#363	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#305	12	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#288	12	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#327	11	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#338	11	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#361	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#286	17	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#215	25	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#279	18	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#241	23	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#269	20	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#265	20	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#202	27	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#168	37	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#189	33	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#174	35	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#123	53	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#143	46	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#117	55	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#82	81	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#82	76	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#66	95	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#61	110	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#54	124	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#48	152	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#40	168	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#36	188	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#29	217	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#26	225	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#25	261	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#17	278	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#23	257	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#25	248	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#32	231	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#36	225	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#30	244	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#17	275	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#17	273	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#12	305	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#14	307	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#8	367	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#8	391	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#9	351	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#9	371	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#10	374	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#5	428	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#5	457	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#11	394	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#8	436	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#9	479	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#10	500	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#9	530	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#11	479	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#11	496	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#10	497	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#11	491	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#7	623	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#9	518	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#9	539	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#8	552	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#16	410	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#17	376	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#18	349	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#23	330	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#19	345	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#35	257	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#48	209	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#52	184	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#53	168	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#53	148	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#48	163	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#63	112	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#69	86	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#59	114	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#87	69	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#100	58	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#116	47	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#112	55	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#130	40	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #5, first reached in 1977.

It held a top-100 place in 57 years, 57 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 623 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kristians · #699, 14y
Kristie · #73, 22y
Kristina · #33, 76y
Kristine · #5, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elin · #4, 81y
Liv · #3, 81y
Marianne · #2, 81y
Kristian · #9, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alma · #5, 72y
Anette · #5, 69y
Arne · #5, 81y
Elizabeth · #5, 81y

Comparisons involving Kristin

Existing comparison pages where Kristin and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Kristin in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anna vs Kristin
Anna and Kristin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #251.
Anna · Kristin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anne vs Kristin
Anne and Kristin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #251.
Anne · Kristin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Kristin vs Astrid
Kristin and Astrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #251 and #9.
Kristin · Astrid · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Kristin and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Ida vs Kristin
In 1984, Ida moved ahead of Kristin in Norway · Girls — #9 and #8 the year before became #6 and #14.
Ida · Kristin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1984 Norway ranking
Kristin vs Amalie
In 1996, Amalie moved ahead of Kristin in Norway · Girls — #26 and #29 the year before became #29 and #8.
Kristin · Amalie · 45 shared years, 1978–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1996 Norway ranking
Kristin vs Berit
In 1964, Kristin moved ahead of Berit in Norway · Girls — #16 and #15 the year before became #8 and #24.
Kristin · Berit · 72 shared years, 1945–2023 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1964 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Kristin measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Kristin at its highest position.

Elin vs Kristin
Elin and Kristin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #263 and #251.
Elin · Kristin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Kristin vs Elisabeth
Kristin and Elisabeth were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #251 and #171.
Kristin · Elisabeth · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Kristin vs Elise
Kristin and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #251 and #63.
Kristin · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Kristin was ranked #5 in Norway · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kristin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kristin without appearing here.

Kristin moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1176 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1122 and #1319.
Laila Compare
In 2024 they stood at #363 and #354 in Norway · Girls; by 2025 that had become #251 and #408.
Karen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #363 and #352 in Norway · Girls; by 2024 that had become #281 and #428.
Karin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #363 and #265 in Norway · Girls; by 2024 that had become #281 and #373.

Moved ahead of Kristin

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1977.
Finley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2969 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1798.

Moved the opposite way to Kristin

Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 while Elise went from #223 to #63.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 while Ellinor went from #102 to #7.
Emma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 while Emma went from #342 to #1.
Hanna Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 while Hanna went from #164 to #53.

Moved the same way as Kristin

Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 and Aud from #13 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 and Bjørg from #6 to #369.
Eileen Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kristin went from #130 to #251 and Eileen from #324 to #501.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #5 in Norway in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kristin

Kristin at a glance

What stands out in Kristin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kristin across 5 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Kristin by decade in Norway · Girls

Kristin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Kristin

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Kristin

Kristin and the names beside it

Kristin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristin

Moved the opposite way to Kristin

Moved the same way as Kristin

Kristin at a glance

What stands out in Kristin's record

Kristin across 5 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Kristin by decade in Norway · Girls

Kristin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Kristin

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Kristin

Kristin and the names beside it

Kristin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristin

Moved the opposite way to Kristin

Moved the same way as Kristin