girls:
2.6k births since 1958
#3359 (41st percentile)
boys:
126 births since 1969
#4460 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1958
#5123 (34th percentile)
The name Cristen is the #5,123 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,776 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 33.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,359 (41.2% percentile) for all time with 2,650 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #4,460 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 126 births since 1969.
Cristen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Cristen is available in 59 out of the 60 years between 1958 and 2017 (59 years for girls and 18 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 Cristen has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Cristen reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 18.6% percentile (ranked #646) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 84 births per million (ranked 18.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
For boys, Cristen reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #662) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cristen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cristen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Cristen is pronounced as KRIH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stehn, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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