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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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.
Where Christen is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Rhode Island#165 · 1 in 890
- Arkansas#244 · 1 in 1,413
- Alabama#257 · 1 in 1,421
- Connecticut#259 · 1 in 1,712
- Georgia#275 · 1 in 1,658
Best ever in a state: #165 in Rhode Island, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #165 | 5 | 1 in 890 |
| Arkansas | #244 | 9 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Alabama | #257 | 16 | 1 in 1,421 |
| Connecticut | #259 | 9 | 1 in 1,712 |
| Georgia | #275 | 21 | 1 in 1,658 |
| Missouri | #277 | 17 | 1 in 1,887 |
| South Carolina | #280 | 11 | 1 in 1,631 |
| Oklahoma | #285 | 12 | 1 in 1,675 |
| Mississippi | #290 | 10 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Tennessee | #293 | 15 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Florida | #305 | 29 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Ohio | #309 | 31 | 1 in 2,331 |
| Virginia | #312 | 14 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Kansas | #339 | 7 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Kentucky | #343 | 9 | 1 in 2,652 |
| Pennsylvania | #344 | 26 | 1 in 2,667 |
| Maryland | #352 | 9 | 1 in 2,329 |
| North Carolina | #354 | 13 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Indiana | #374 | 12 | 1 in 2,908 |
| Texas | #378 | 53 | 1 in 2,335 |
| Colorado | #395 | 8 | 1 in 2,596 |
| Minnesota | #414 | 8 | 1 in 3,637 |
| Wisconsin | #416 | 8 | 1 in 3,897 |
| Massachusetts | #429 | 9 | 1 in 3,513 |
| Illinois | #441 | 23 | 1 in 3,267 |
| New Jersey | #441 | 11 | 1 in 3,388 |
| Washington | #443 | 9 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Michigan | #449 | 15 | 1 in 3,910 |
| Louisiana | #463 | 10 | 1 in 3,062 |
| New York | #556 | 24 | 1 in 4,222 |
| Arizona | #587 | 5 | 1 in 3,991 |
| California | #696 | 33 | 1 in 5,494 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 3,171 of them was named Christen, which outranked 96.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 57,780 of them was named Christen, which outranked 75.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,766Vernell32
- #1,766Ward32
- #1,766Woody32
- #1,811Christen31
- #1,811Adams31
- #1,811Alvis31
- #1,811Aram31
- #1,865Arian30
- #1,865Brenda30
- #1,865Damen30
Tied with 53 names at #1,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.