Cristen
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls 95.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 153 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,655since 1958
Cristen over time
Rank among girls' names. Cristen has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #2,423 | 54 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #2,432 | 52 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #2,275 | 58 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,551 | 91 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,587 | 82 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #1,531 | 83 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,392 | 92 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,276 | 105 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,284 | 97 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,150 | 115 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #966 | 153 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,114 | 124 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #1,105 | 125 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,678 | 66 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,746 | 59 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,260 | 86 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #1,732 | 51 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,599 | 59 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cristen! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2014, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cristen is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#759 · 1 in 9,651
- New York#1,508 · 1 in 20,669
Best ever in a state: #443 in Mississippi, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 7 | 1 in 9,651 |
| New York | #1,508 | 5 | 1 in 20,669 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cristen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1982 (#1,114 → #966)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1983 (#966 → #1,150)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1982 at #966 (153 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1982
- Highest: 1 in 11,067 girls born in 1982 were named Cristen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 40.2% of all girls named Cristen (1,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,835 |
| 1960s | 205 | #1,755 (1969) | #3,559 |
| 1970s | 556 | #1,260 (1974) | #1,767 |
| 1980s | 1,067 | #966 (1982) | #1,296 |
| 1990s | 582 | #1,733 (1990) | #2,369 |
| 2000s | 176 | #4,447 (2001) | #7,315 |
| 2010s | 53 | #8,614 (2011) | #12,937 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,293 (2024) | #15,293 |
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.
Cristen in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 28,592 of them was named Cristen, which outranked 82.3% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,714Shira52
- #1,714Tonda52
- #1,714Wendie52
- #1,732Cristen51
- #1,732Allegra51
- #1,732Carletta51
- #1,732Cinda51
- #1,755Annalisa50
- #1,755Anya50
- #1,755Catrice50
Tied with 22 names at #1,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.