Christen*
#1,341 most common girls' name of all time · #2,330 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1910–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,341
Rank overall
#2,330 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
13,706
Since 2016
334
Peak year
1982 #405
Best rank
#405 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 601/yr
Christen first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #9,510 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #10,347 |
| 2023 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #9,041 |
| 2022 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #9,103 |
| 2021 | 10 | 17 | 27 | #9,634 |
| 2020 | 17 | 22 | 39 | #6,658 |
| 2019 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #7,057 |
| 2018 | 19 | 23 | 42 | #6,276 |
| 2017 | 26 | 16 | 42 | #5,063 |
| 2016 | 40 | 27 | 67 | #3,789 |
| 2015 | 34 | 26 | 60 | #4,236 |
| 2014 | 31 | 22 | 53 | #4,564 |
| 2013 | 34 | 21 | 55 | #4,248 |
| 2012 | 25 | 22 | 47 | #5,417 |
| 2011 | 46 | 25 | 71 | #3,458 |
| 2010 | 32 | 30 | 62 | #4,506 |
| 2009 | 62 | 23 | 85 | #2,828 |
| 2008 | 50 | 33 | 83 | #3,323 |
| 2007 | 74 | 36 | 110 | #2,514 |
| 2006 | 73 | 32 | 105 | #2,517 |
| 2005 | 86 | 38 | 124 | #2,144 |
| 2004 | 86 | 56 | 142 | #2,104 |
| 2003 | 91 | 43 | 134 | #1,985 |
| 2002 | 113 | 40 | 153 | #1,634 |
| 2001 | 126 | 41 | 167 | #1,492 |
| 2000 | 138 | 49 | 187 | #1,357 |
| 1999 | 177 | 40 | 217 | #1,121 |
| 1998 | 191 | 32 | 223 | #1,037 |
| 1997 | 247 | 42 | 289 | #838 |
| 1996 | 261 | 49 | 310 | #792 |
| 1995 | 250 | 31 | 281 | #794 |
| 1994 | 310 | 41 | 351 | #681 |
| 1993 | 289 | 49 | 338 | #731 |
| 1992 | 329 | 52 | 381 | #670 |
| 1991 | 342 | 61 | 403 | #646 |
| 1990 | 343 | 49 | 392 | #650 |
| 1989 | 404 | 47 | 451 | #555 |
| 1988 | 428 | 51 | 479 | #516 |
| 1987 | 376 | 59 | 435 | #536 |
| 1986 | 453 | 41 | 494 | #474 |
| 1985 | 511 | 49 | 560 | #432 |
| 1984 | 501 | 54 | 555 | #425 |
| 1983 | 503 | 34 | 537 | #429 |
| 1982 | 569 | 32 | 601 | #405 |
| 1981 | 526 | 31 | 557 | #417 |
| 1980 | 478 | 30 | 508 | #447 |
| 1979 | 252 | 31 | 283 | #681 |
| 1978 | 209 | 27 | 236 | #745 |
| 1977 | 184 | 34 | 218 | #816 |
| 1976 | 176 | 42 | 218 | #797 |
| 1975 | 220 | 44 | 264 | #682 |
| 1974 | 260 | 41 | 301 | #605 |
| 1973 | 134 | 30 | 164 | #919 |
| 1972 | 109 | 37 | 146 | #1,060 |
| 1971 | 143 | 34 | 177 | #915 |
| 1970 | 137 | 29 | 166 | #938 |
| 1969 | 126 | 26 | 152 | #953 |
| 1968 | 94 | 17 | 111 | #1,104 |
| 1967 | 73 | 17 | 90 | #1,261 |
| 1966 | 52 | 6 | 58 | #1,556 |
| 1965 | 44 | 21 | 65 | #1,698 |
| 1964 | 36 | 15 | 51 | #1,985 |
| 1963 | 32 | 12 | 44 | #2,105 |
| 1962 | 26 | 15 | 41 | #2,377 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,087 |
| 1960 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #3,128 |
| 1959 | 16 | 14 | 30 | #3,026 |
| 1958 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #3,139 |
| 1957 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #4,294 |
| 1956 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #3,378 |
| 1955 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #3,651 |
| 1954 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #2,637 |
| 1953 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,859 |
| 1952 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #3,917 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,825 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,135 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,585 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,810 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,513 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,347 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,281 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,993 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,270 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,836 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,419 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,877 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,635 |
| 1929 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #2,677 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,459 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,979 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,058 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,042 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,976 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,511 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,262 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,554 |
| 1919 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #1,974 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,397 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,890 |
| 1916 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #2,787 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,507 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,083 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,580 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,161 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,718 |