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 | ||
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| 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 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#567 · 1 in 4,767
- Ohio#792 · 1 in 9,838
- Michigan#795 · 1 in 9,207
- Pennsylvania#875 · 1 in 11,326
- Florida#966 · 1 in 9,809
Best ever in a state: #443 in Mississippi, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #567 | 7 | 1 in 4,767 |
| Ohio | #792 | 7 | 1 in 9,838 |
| Michigan | #795 | 6 | 1 in 9,207 |
| Pennsylvania | #875 | 6 | 1 in 11,326 |
| Florida | #966 | 6 | 1 in 9,809 |
| Texas | #969 | 13 | 1 in 9,869 |
| New York | #1,276 | 7 | 1 in 14,694 |
| California | #1,291 | 13 | 1 in 14,439 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 14,527 of them was named Cristen, which outranked 90.5% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,144Michell116
- #1,144Sarita116
- #1,144Vanesa116
- #1,150Cristen115
- #1,150Alena115
- #1,150Aracely115
- #1,150Dalia115
- #1,159Carli114
- #1,159Erinn114
- #1,159Gabriella114
Tied with 8 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 358,513 of them was named Cristen, which outranked 15.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,106 names at #6,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.