Khristen — girls' name
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.
The verdict
153 girls have been named Khristen since 1978, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 153
- total births
- 1978–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Khristen was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Khristen in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khristen
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Khristen between 1978 and 1998, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Khristen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khristen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Khristen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khristen 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 153 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.
Khristen at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Khristen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1978
- Peak year (1981)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
153 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 13 births in a single year.
Khristen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 93 births that decade — 61% of Khristen's all-time total
Khristen decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Khristen's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.