girl's name

Chrislyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 689

Chrislyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1951.

Chrislyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

213
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Chrislyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 10
1970s 22
1980s 32
1990s 107
2000s 205
2010s 213
2020s (to 2025) 83

How popular is Chrislyn?

In 2025, Chrislyn was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Chrislyn is used

England & Wales #5,147 4 in 2023
France #5,726 5 in 2013
United States #8,488 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Chrislyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Chrislyn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Chrislyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Chrislyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Chrislyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Chrislyn

How popular is the name Chrislyn?

In 2025, Chrislyn was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Chrislyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Chrislyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chrislyn most popular?

Chrislyn peaked in 2007, when 29 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Chrislyn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Chrislyn currently ranks #8,488 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.