Dristin
The Story of Dristin
As a girl name
Dristin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 6 births, good for #9,237 nationwide. Dristin last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Dristin on the record books as a boy name in 1995, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 6 Dristins were born — ranking #8,110 that year. About 82% of every Dristin on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dristin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dristin
Dristin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Dristin's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #8,110. Use the chart and map above to compare Dristin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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