Christen
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 84.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 569 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,521since 1910
Christen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | #3,883 | 27 |
| 2015 | #4,232 | 34 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #3,452 | 46 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #2,826 | 62 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | #3,135 | 36 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #2,140 | 86 | #2,803 | 38 |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 | #2,102 | 56 |
| 2003 | #1,985 | 91 | #2,428 | 43 |
| 2002 | #1,632 | 113 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 2001 | #1,489 | 126 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #1,356 | 138 | #2,049 | 49 |
| 1999 | #1,121 | 177 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #1,036 | 191 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #838 | 247 | #2,096 | 42 |
| 1996 | #792 | 261 | #1,842 | 49 |
| 1995 | #794 | 250 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | #681 | 310 | #2,012 | 41 |
| 1993 | #731 | 289 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #670 | 329 | #1,659 | 52 |
| 1991 | #646 | 342 | #1,452 | 61 |
| 1990 | #650 | 343 | #1,662 | 49 |
| 1989 | #555 | 404 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #515 | 428 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #535 | 376 | #1,272 | 59 |
| 1986 | #473 | 453 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #432 | 511 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #425 | 501 | #1,251 | 54 |
| 1983 | #429 | 503 | #1,687 | 34 |
| 1982 | #405 | 569 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #417 | 526 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #447 | 478 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #680 | 252 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #744 | 209 | #1,870 | 27 |
| 1977 | #814 | 184 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | #796 | 176 | #1,373 | 42 |
| 1975 | #679 | 220 | #1,304 | 44 |
| 1974 | #605 | 260 | #1,335 | 41 |
| 1973 | #917 | 134 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #1,056 | 109 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #911 | 143 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #936 | 137 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #951 | 126 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #1,255 | 73 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,548 | 52 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Christen! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Christen
- 814 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #9,457)
- 2,828 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #9,457)
- 5,225 spots since 2015 (#4,232 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1974 (#917 → #605)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1998 (#838 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1982 at #405 (569 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1973–1997
- Highest: 1 in 2,976 girls born in 1982 were named Christen (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.2% of all girls named Christen (4,749) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 76 | #1,921 (1919) | #2,817 |
| 1920s | 143 | #1,926 (1924) | #2,509 |
| 1930s | 71 | #2,206 (1935) | #2,789 |
| 1940s | 43 | #3,208 (1940) | #3,890 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,592 (1954) | #3,653 |
| 1960s | 510 | #951 (1969) | #2,007 |
| 1970s | 1,824 | #605 (1974) | #814 |
| 1980s | 4,749 | #405 (1982) | #463 |
| 1990s | 2,739 | #646 (1991) | #796 |
| 2000s | 899 | #1,356 (2000) | #2,187 |
| 2010s | 303 | #3,452 (2011) | #4,846 |
| 2020s | 68 | #6,629 (2020) | #8,994 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Christen in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 11,635 of them was named Christen, which outranked 90.6% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #906Treva145
- #909Dione144
- #909Richard144
- #911Christen143
- #911Glenna143
- #911Kandy143
- #911Nicola143
- #917Corey142
- #917Jayme142
- #919Carlene141
Tied with 5 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 52,013 of them was named Christen, which outranked 74.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,441Santo35
- #1,441Trampas35
- #1,441Vern35
- #1,466Christen34
- #1,466Bertrand34
- #1,466Candido34
- #1,466Cleo34
- #1,494Arne33
- #1,494Camilo33
- #1,494Christina33
Tied with 27 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.