Girls' name · since 1978
Khristen
153 babies named Khristen in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Khristen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 153 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Khristen recorded 153 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1998.
- #22,571 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 153 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khristen ranks #22,571 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 153 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Khristen's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khristen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khristen's full recorded timeline at 1988, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khristen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1998
- Peak year (1981)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Khristen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 61% of the file).
1980s was Khristen's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Khristen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Khristen's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 1990s (55) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Khristen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1978–1998 (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 Khristen 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.