Christen
Christen was the 7775th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 1253rd; the most babies were born in 1991 (61). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,773 places. More babies were named Christen in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,775 boys, down 3,328 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10boys
- Girls and boys
- 44% girls, 56% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199161 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,706babies recorded
Christen popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,591 | #7,775 | 10 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,695 | #4,447 | 17 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,511 | #3,550 | 32 | 30 |
| 2000 | #1,358 | #2,055 | 138 | 49 |
| 1990 | #650 | #1,664 | 343 | 49 |
| 1980 | #448 | #1,860 | 478 | 30 |
| 1970 | #936 | #1,583 | 137 | 29 |
| 1960 | #3,108 | #3,389 | 16 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | #3,377 | — | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,262 | — | 8 | — |
| 1930 | #2,573 | — | 12 | — |
| 1920 | #2,486 | — | 14 | — |
| 1910 | #2,475 | — | 5 | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Christen, counting every spelling?
Christen is the most common spelling of a name family that had 10 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 10 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christen | 10 | #7,775 | 64 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Christen?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Christen (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Christen born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Christen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Christen?
About 2,000 people born in the US named Christen are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 22 and 46. That makes Christen mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Christen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Christen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Christen
How popular is the name Christen?
Christen was the 7775th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 1253rd; the most babies were born in 1991 (61). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,773 places. More babies were named Christen in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Christen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 44% girls, 56% boys given the name Christen in the US.