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.
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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 16,389 of them was named Cristen, which outranked 89.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,269Lorie106
- #1,269Nellie106
- #1,269Shanice106
- #1,276Cristen105
- #1,276Anika105
- #1,276Consuelo105
- #1,276Eden105
- #1,287Breana104
- #1,287Danna104
- #1,287Delores104
Tied with 10 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Cristen, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.