Krys
Krys is a primarily masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Krys
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Krys is a primarily masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Krys
As a girl name
Krys first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1952, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1964: 8 births, good for #5,008 nationwide. About 51% of every Krys on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Krys last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 47 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Krys first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2005, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 6 births, good for #10,151 nationwide. About 65% of every Krys on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Krys last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Krys
Krys is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 47 births in the dataset. Krys's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #5,008. Use the chart and map above to compare Krys'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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