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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |