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Kristen

#188 most common girls' name of all time · #362 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1938–2025

Rank among girls
#188
Rank overall
#362 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
220,952
Since 2016
1,745
Peak year
1982 #33
Best rank
#33 1982
Girls Boys peak 9,596/yr
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Kristen first appears in 1938. 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 96 10 106 #1,993
2024 181 8 189 #1,281
2023 143 9 152 #1,506
2022 119 8 127 #1,749
2021 134 9 143 #1,567
2020 137 10 147 #1,549
2019 174 10 184 #1,316
2018 190 7 197 #1,230
2017 221 13 234 #1,129
2016 253 13 266 #1,045
2015 310 10 320 #890
2014 340 10 350 #816
2013 389 5 394 #713
2012 429 13 442 #659
2011 430 8 438 #660
2010 508 13 521 #577
2009 566 12 578 #533
2008 644 13 657 #491
2007 768 12 780 #428
2006 876 13 889 #372
2005 984 13 997 #326
2004 1,220 21 1,241 #265
2003 1,437 16 1,453 #229
2002 1,716 14 1,730 #186
2001 1,991 15 2,006 #162
2000 2,356 9 2,365 #143
1999 2,846 18 2,864 #114
1998 3,348 25 3,373 #102
1997 4,085 27 4,112 #82
1996 4,851 33 4,884 #70
1995 5,398 39 5,437 #65
1994 5,871 37 5,908 #55
1993 5,534 26 5,560 #61
1992 6,253 38 6,291 #53
1991 6,816 40 6,856 #48
1990 8,073 55 8,128 #42
1989 8,803 67 8,870 #36
1988 8,382 54 8,436 #36
1987 7,361 53 7,414 #42
1986 7,844 63 7,907 #41
1985 8,445 69 8,514 #38
1984 8,385 61 8,446 #38
1983 8,618 58 8,676 #37
1982 9,534 62 9,596 #33
1981 8,540 52 8,592 #38
1980 7,316 66 7,382 #39
1979 4,568 60 4,628 #62
1978 4,368 56 4,424 #62
1977 3,861 69 3,930 #72
1976 3,653 60 3,713 #73
1975 4,674 71 4,745 #60
1974 6,052 68 6,120 #45
1973 4,936 59 4,995 #58
1972 3,527 56 3,583 #85
1971 3,967 51 4,018 #87
1970 4,600 47 4,647 #83
1969 3,812 43 3,855 #96
1968 3,243 25 3,268 #107
1967 2,751 27 2,778 #124
1966 2,323 30 2,353 #149
1965 1,726 17 1,743 #191
1964 1,333 19 1,352 #239
1963 1,015 18 1,033 #289
1962 755 16 771 #344
1961 540 16 556 #422
1960 541 18 559 #415
1959 542 12 554 #404
1958 390 11 401 #482
1957 296 7 303 #559
1956 249 9 258 #607
1955 230 12 242 #612
1954 217 11 228 #618
1953 256 7 263 #544
1952 280 16 296 #501
1951 193 10 203 #622
1950 158 7 165 #680
1949 171 8 179 #635
1948 162 5 167 #657
1947 153 7 160 #681
1946 93 93 #863
1945 54 54 #1,078
1944 48 48 #1,139
1943 51 51 #1,142
1942 20 20 #1,980
1941 17 17 #2,094
1940 7 7 #3,836
1939 13 13 #2,415
1938 7 7 #3,838