Masculine dossier · first seen 1937

Kris

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kris
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.8% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

513

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1937Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

93.8%

2024

All-time

14,362

Kris once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 513 boys were named Kris.

In 2024, only 32 boys were given the name.

Down 93.8% from its peak.

All told, about 14,362 Americans have been named Kris and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1937.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.8% from peak

1962513 boys named Kris

202432 boys named Kris

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