Kristen
#1,990 for girls in 2025, 96 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 9,534 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 218,767since 1938
Kristen over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,990 | 96 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #1,279 | 181 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,506 | 143 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #1,742 | 119 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #1,562 | 134 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #1,545 | 137 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #1,315 | 174 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #1,229 | 190 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,128 | 221 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #1,045 | 253 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #889 | 310 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #813 | 340 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #713 | 389 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #659 | 429 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #660 | 430 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #575 | 508 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #533 | 566 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #491 | 644 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #428 | 768 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #372 | 876 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #326 | 984 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #264 | 1,220 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #229 | 1,437 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #186 | 1,716 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #162 | 1,991 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #142 | 2,356 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #114 | 2,846 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #102 | 3,348 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #82 | 4,085 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #70 | 4,851 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #64 | 5,398 | #2,102 | 39 |
| 1994 | #55 | 5,871 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #61 | 5,534 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #53 | 6,253 | #2,046 | 38 |
| 1991 | #48 | 6,816 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #42 | 8,073 | #1,530 | 55 |
| 1989 | #36 | 8,803 | #1,336 | 67 |
| 1988 | #36 | 8,382 | #1,427 | 54 |
| 1987 | #42 | 7,361 | #1,379 | 53 |
| 1986 | #41 | 7,844 | #1,199 | 63 |
| 1985 | #38 | 8,445 | #1,116 | 69 |
| 1984 | #38 | 8,385 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1983 | #37 | 8,618 | #1,190 | 58 |
| 1982 | #33 | 9,534 | #1,164 | 62 |
| 1981 | #38 | 8,540 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1980 | #39 | 7,316 | #1,111 | 66 |
| 1979 | #62 | 4,568 | #1,169 | 60 |
| 1978 | #62 | 4,368 | #1,186 | 56 |
| 1977 | #72 | 3,861 | #1,036 | 69 |
| 1976 | #73 | 3,653 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1975 | #60 | 4,674 | #970 | 71 |
| 1974 | #45 | 6,052 | #993 | 68 |
| 1973 | #58 | 4,936 | #1,054 | 59 |
| 1972 | #85 | 3,527 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #87 | 3,967 | #1,150 | 51 |
| 1970 | #83 | 4,600 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #96 | 3,812 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #107 | 3,243 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #124 | 2,751 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #149 | 2,323 | #1,401 | 30 |
| 1965 | #191 | 1,726 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #239 | 1,333 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #288 | 1,015 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #343 | 755 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #421 | 540 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #415 | 541 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #404 | 542 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #482 | 390 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #558 | 296 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #604 | 249 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #612 | 230 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #616 | 217 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #543 | 256 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #501 | 280 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #619 | 193 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #675 | 158 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #632 | 171 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #655 | 162 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #678 | 153 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #857 | 93 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kristen! It came in at #3,450, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Kristen is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#520 · 1 in 2,232
- Georgia#625 · 1 in 3,003
- Massachusetts#670 · 1 in 3,640
- Kentucky#721 · 1 in 3,652
- Missouri#735 · 1 in 3,875
Best ever in a state: #10 in Rhode Island, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #520 | 8 | 1 in 2,232 |
| Georgia | #625 | 16 | 1 in 3,003 |
| Massachusetts | #670 | 7 | 1 in 3,640 |
| Kentucky | #721 | 5 | 1 in 3,652 |
| Missouri | #735 | 7 | 1 in 3,875 |
| Indiana | #821 | 7 | 1 in 4,328 |
| New Jersey | #838 | 8 | 1 in 4,572 |
| Florida | #851 | 18 | 1 in 4,817 |
| Ohio | #878 | 10 | 1 in 5,207 |
| North Carolina | #913 | 9 | 1 in 5,034 |
| Virginia | #917 | 7 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Tennessee | #953 | 6 | 1 in 5,174 |
| California | #966 | 34 | 1 in 5,992 |
| Texas | #1,017 | 27 | 1 in 6,196 |
| Illinois | #1,182 | 8 | 1 in 7,203 |
| Michigan | #1,278 | 5 | 1 in 8,414 |
| New York | #1,345 | 10 | 1 in 8,984 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,415 | 5 | 1 in 10,371 |
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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 Kristen
- 711 spots since 2024 (#1,279 → #1,990)
- 445 spots since 2020 (#1,545 → #1,990)
- 1,101 spots since 2015 (#889 → #1,990)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1946 (#1,060 → #857)
- Biggest drop: 156 spots in 2016 (#889 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1982 at #33 (9,534 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1969–1997
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1946–2015
- Highest: 1 in 178 girls born in 1982 were named Kristen (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,742 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 38.0% of all girls named Kristen (83,228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 20 | #2,300 (1939) | #2,875 |
| 1940s | 776 | #632 (1949) | #1,357 |
| 1950s | 2,811 | #404 (1959) | #561 |
| 1960s | 18,039 | #96 (1969) | #237 |
| 1970s | 44,206 | #45 (1974) | #69 |
| 1980s | 83,228 | #33 (1982) | #38 |
| 1990s | 53,075 | #42 (1990) | #69 |
| 2000s | 12,558 | #142 (2000) | #313 |
| 2010s | 3,244 | #575 (2010) | #903 |
| 2020s | 810 | #1,279 (2024) | #1,604 |
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.
Kristen in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 7,004 of them was named Kristen, which outranked 94.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 145,980 of them was named Kristen, which outranked 55.3% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,053Zed14
- #6,053Zhane14
- #6,053Zymeir14
- #6,349Kristen13
- #6,349Aaryn13
- #6,349Abdalla13
- #6,349Abdou13
- #6,726Aarib12
- #6,726Aashir12
- #6,726Aashrith12
Tied with 376 names at #6,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.