girls:
136 births since 1967
#5580 (2nd percentile)
boys:
927 births since 1968
#3664 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1967
#6676 (14th percentile)
The name Christien is the #6,676 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,063 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 13.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,664 (20.1% percentile) for all time with 927 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,580 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 136 births since 1967.
Christien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Christien is available in 51 out of the 54 years between 1967 and 2020 (47 years for boys and 21 years for girls). 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 Christien has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Christien were boys. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for girls (55.3% girls from 1967 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (88.8% boys from 1972 to 2020).
For boys, Christien reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #735) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Christien reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #794) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christien".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Christien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.5% confident that Christien is pronounced as KRIHS-chuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stee-uhn, at 17.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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