Cristen — #15578 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cristen

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,655 babies named Cristen between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristen currently holds the #15578 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 153 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,067 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cristen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 226 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristen in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,655 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.