Girls' name · since 1981
Chrysten
62 babies named Chrysten in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
62 girls have been named Chrysten since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chrysten has 62 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2002.
- #32,447 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chrysten ranks #32,447 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chrysten's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chrysten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chrysten splits its recorded history at 1993: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chrysten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Chrysten by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (27 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Chrysten's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chrysten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 27 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Chrysten's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 2000s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chrysten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chrysten draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.