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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cristen

Cristen was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 966th with 153 babies. More babies were named Cristen in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1982153 babies
Total since 1880
2,781babies recorded

Cristen popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 126 since 1969.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#13,7897
2000#4,82624
1990#1,73984
1980#1,105125
1970#1,60459
1960#6,5315
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Cristen, counting every spelling?

Cristen is a spelling of Kristyn, a name family that had 17 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 17 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Kristyn17#6,70058

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 old are people named Cristen?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Cristen are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 34 and 48. That makes Cristen mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Cristen by state

How common Cristen was among girls born in each state in 1980–1984, around its peak. In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNY0.07Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCO0.05Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMD0.06Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.05New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesGA0.06Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cristen, girls, 1980–1984. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Cristen: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cristen, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Cristen

How popular is the name Cristen?

Cristen was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 966th with 153 babies. More babies were named Cristen in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Cristen a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cristen in the US.

Where was Cristen most popular?

In 1980–1984, Cristen was most common in Pennsylvania (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Texas.