girls:
218.5k births since 1938
#183 (97th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1947
#2706 (41st percentile)
overall:
220.7k births since 1938
#359 (95th percentile)
The name Kristen is the #359 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 220,653 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 95.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #183 (96.8% percentile) for all time with 218,486 births since 1938. For boys, it ranks #2,706 (41.0% percentile) for all time with 2,167 births since 1947.
Kristen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for girls and 1947 for boys).
The name Kristen has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Kristen were girls.
For girls, Kristen reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 96.0% percentile (ranked #33) with 5,254 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 5,254 births per million (ranked 96.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1985, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kristen ranks #811 for girls (14.4% percentile) with 81 births per million, which is 1.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kristen reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #594) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 44 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kristen ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kristen".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kristen is pronounced as KRIH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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