Christen
Christen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 405th, in 1982.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1982569 births
- Best rank
- #405in 1982
- Since 1910
- 13,686people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,511 girls have been named Christen in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 569 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 569 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 41%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Christen is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are boys (2,175), most of them born around 1991.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Christen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 76 | |
| 1920s | 143 | |
| 1930s | 71 | |
| 1940s | 43 | |
| 1950s | 96 | |
| 1960s | 510 | |
| 1970s | 1,824 | |
| 1980s | 4,749 | |
| 1990s | 2,739 | |
| 2000s | 899 | |
| 2010s | 303 | |
| 2020s | 58 |
In 1982, its biggest year
Christen was the 405th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Christen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tiffanypeak 1988
- Christinpeak 1989
- Casiepeak 1983
- Kristonpeak 1980
- Tarahpeak 1985
- Natashapeak 1987
- Cristenpeak 1982
- Tiffaniepeak 1980
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.