Meaning not yet researched.
Kris: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 37 in 2025. Its best rank was #344 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #344 in 1963; #3,218 in 2025. About 82% of babies named Kris in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,218 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1963, at #344.
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Kris: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 37 boys in 2025. Peak: #344 in 1963 · most boys in one year: 513 (1962).
In 2025, 37 US boys were named Kris, making it the 3,218th most common boys’ name of the year, up 351 places from #3,569 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 32 boys named Kris in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #344, reached in 1963. The most boys given the name in a single year was 513, in 1962. For comparison, it was #2,266 in 2015 and #675 in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US girls were named Kris, making it the 11,463rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 220 places from #11,683 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 8 girls named Kris in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #277, reached in 1965. That year also had the most girls given the name: 978. For comparison, it was #5,582 in 2015 and #871 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kris in 88 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1937 with 5 babies. In all, 27,971 US babies have been given the name, 49% of them girls and 51% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 11,310 babies named Kris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 542 US boys were named Kris; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 83. In 2025 that was about 1 in 46,164 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Kristin (180,951 babies since 1880), Chris (170,417 babies since 1880), Kristi (76,622 babies since 1880) and Kristy (70,703 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kriss, Criss and Krist are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Chris.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kriss (932), Criss (712), Krist (207), Krrish (102), Krys (64), Kriz (25), Crys (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Kris is listed as a nickname for Chris, Christiana, Christina, Christine, Kristel, Kristina, Kristine, Kristofer, Kristoffer, Kristopher.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,463 | 37 | #3,218 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,683 | 32 | #3,569 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,783 | 28 | #3,950 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,614 | 34 | #3,442 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,969 | 59 | #2,341 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,213 | 65 | #2,158 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,863 | 83 | #1,835 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,980 | 73 | #2,008 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,664 | 74 | #1,947 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,445 | 57 | #2,320 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,582 | 59 | #2,266 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,166 | 63 | #2,170 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,604 | 60 | #2,191 |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,101 | 72 | #1,976 |
| 2011 | 15 | #8,009 | 55 | #2,330 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,735 | 50 | #2,494 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,261 | 102 | #1,587 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,273 | 80 | #1,835 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,511 | 82 | #1,787 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,060 | 87 | #1,652 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,185 | 73 | #1,796 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,645 | 63 | #1,945 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,807 | 59 | #1,973 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,889 | 72 | #1,656 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,501 | 74 | #1,608 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,523 | 56 | #1,887 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,990 | 55 | #1,812 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,345 | 63 | #1,656 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,596 | 60 | #1,665 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,819 | 65 | #1,545 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,615 | 65 | #1,484 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,503 | 67 | #1,447 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,173 | 66 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,025 | 86 | #1,215 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,583 | 61 | #1,460 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,576 | 79 | #1,246 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,615 | 73 | #1,274 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,352 | 91 | #1,036 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,880 | 100 | #944 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,598 | 92 | #957 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,622 | 98 | #921 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,647 | 121 | #793 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,977 | 111 | #831 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,886 | 125 | #790 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,652 | 159 | #686 |
| 1980 | 96 | #1,324 | 214 | #591 |
| 1979 | 103 | #1,247 | 299 | #476 |
| 1978 | 131 | #1,043 | 380 | #397 |
| 1977 | 110 | #1,151 | 398 | #395 |
| 1976 | 110 | #1,100 | 298 | #453 |
| 1975 | 141 | #922 | 323 | #439 |
| 1974 | 167 | #809 | 416 | #379 |
| 1973 | 215 | #692 | 356 | #416 |
| 1972 | 273 | #587 | 399 | #395 |
| 1971 | 322 | #556 | 397 | #405 |
| 1970 | 437 | #470 | 415 | #393 |
| 1969 | 529 | #415 | 365 | #415 |
| 1968 | 598 | #371 | 282 | #458 |
| 1967 | 724 | #326 | 319 | #426 |
| 1966 | 870 | #289 | 357 | #397 |
| 1965 | 978 | #277 | 409 | #384 |
| 1964 | 940 | #302 | 433 | #380 |
| 1963 | 734 | #350 | 504 | #344 |
| 1962 | 590 | #389 | 513 | #347 |
| 1961 | 620 | #388 | 501 | #355 |
| 1960 | 575 | #398 | 469 | #362 |
| 1959 | 590 | #390 | 467 | #362 |
| 1958 | 568 | #385 | 439 | #371 |
| 1957 | 419 | #462 | 358 | #409 |
| 1956 | 302 | #539 | 267 | #464 |
| 1955 | 260 | #567 | 239 | #474 |
| 1954 | 187 | #684 | 204 | #508 |
| 1953 | 158 | #723 | 193 | #502 |
| 1952 | 154 | #718 | 216 | #472 |
| 1951 | 149 | #716 | 145 | #574 |
| 1950 | 104 | #871 | 106 | #675 |
| 1949 | 94 | #915 | 107 | #666 |
| 1948 | 116 | #803 | 94 | #690 |
| 1947 | 101 | #876 | 60 | #902 |
| 1946 | 69 | #1,020 | 53 | #917 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,180 | 26 | #1,314 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,417 | 36 | #1,117 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,307 | 19 | #1,671 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,602 | 8 | #2,823 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,401 | 10 | #2,414 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,584 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,297 |
| 1937 | — | — | 5 | #3,802 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).