Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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