first name
CHRISTEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 12,249 people named Christen, 71% reported their origin as White, 14.4% as Black and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 85.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Christen peaked in 1982, when 601 babies got the name.
At least 13,706 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Christen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #791. The largest share of babies named Christen, 52%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Christen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christen has been most common in Louisiana (1.8×), Georgia (1.7×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.18×).
8,992 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Christen
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Christen ranks #9,930 of 156,621, with 3,104 people. See Christen as a last name
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