girls:
11.5k births since 1910
#1469 (74th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1916
#2707 (41st percentile)
overall:
13.7k births since 1910
#2239 (71st percentile)
The name Christen is the #2,239 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,667 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 71.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,469 (74.3% percentile) for all time with 11,501 births since 1910. For boys, it ranks #2,707 (40.9% percentile) for all time with 2,166 births since 1916.
Christen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Christen is available in 107 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (104 years for girls and 77 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Christen has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 44.0% of babies named Christen were girls.
For girls, Christen reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 52.7% percentile (ranked #376) with 314 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 314 births per million (ranked 52.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1985, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Christen ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 2.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Christen reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #659) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 30 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Christen ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 25.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Christen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.1% confident that Christen is pronounced as KRIH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-suhn, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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