Kris · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1940

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 86 recorded years as a table

Kris, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1940	7
1941	7
1942	10
1943	11
1944	25
1945	34
1946	44
1947	57
1948	68
1949	55
1950	61
1951	83
1952	83
1953	84
1954	96
1955	133
1956	150
1957	205
1958	282
1959	292
1960	284
1961	307
1962	300
1963	381
1964	496
1965	554
1966	514
1967	439
1968	365
1969	314
1970	250
1971	194
1972	179
1973	147
1974	114
1975	97
1976	75
1977	72
1978	86
1979	64
1980	58
1981	42
1982	34
1983	31
1984	21
1985	22
1986	14
1987	20
1988	16
1989	15
1990	16
1991	16
1992	14
1993	14
1994	8
1995	13
1996	12
1997	13
1998	7
1999	7
2000	4
2001	3
2002	9
2003	7
2004	10
2005	6
2006	5
2007	6
2008	7
2009	8
2010	9
2011	9
2012	6
2013	11
2014	10
2015	13
2016	9
2017	9
2018	8
2019	7
2020	8
2021	6
2022	3
2023	6
2024	5
2025	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kris isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 8
Rank in 2025: #10,917
How rare: 1 in 200,908 girls
Since 1940: 13,571

Most popular in 1965, at 554 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 63% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.