Christyn
Christyn reached its high-water mark in 1982 at number 2,050, and has been recorded 1,114 times in all. In 2025 it ranked 14,942nd. About 1,100 Christyns are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 31.
Popularity, 1880–2025
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By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,114
- Estimated living today
- 1,100
- Median age today
- 31
- Peak year
- 1982
- Best rank
- 2,050th
- Rank in 2025
- 14,942nd
- First recorded
- 1969
- Girls / boys
- 1,108 / 6
How old the living Christyns are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,114 babies given the name since 1969, about 1,100 are alive — 98 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1994 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
Origin Latin
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where Christyn is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Christyn is most concentrated in Texas (5.7×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1982
The most popular girls’ names the year Christyn peaked:
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Christyn against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.