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Christen Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Christen?

Ranking 6,267th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Christen is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Christen has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #405 in 1982 with 569 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Christen in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1951.

Christen, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1959-1969, 1971-1974, and 1978-1981, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1997-2003, 2005-2008, and 2016-2017.

Sometimes the name Christen has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Christen's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Christen be?

Christen's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Christen has dropped.

The name Christen is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Christen has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Christen (Girl)Christen (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 19 6,267 22 4,481
2017 26 5,073 16 5,558
2016 40 3,786 27 3,885
2015 34 4,236 26 3,997
2014 31 4,566 22 4,410
2013 34 4,260 21 4,493
2012 25 5,423 22 4,411
2011 46 3,458 25 4,002
2010 32 4,509 30 3,545
2009 62 2,830 23 4,297
2008 50 3,332 33 3,353
2007 74 2,515 36 3,141
2006 73 2,510 31 3,395
2005 86 2,141 38 2,810
2004 86 2,101 55 2,134
2003 91 1,988 43 2,435
2002 112 1,643 40 2,471
2001 126 1,490 41 2,393
2000 138 1,358 49 2,053
1999 177 1,120 40 2,267
1998 191 1,036 32 2,604
1997 247 836 42 2,102
1996 261 792 49 1,844
1995 250 795 31 2,457
1994 310 681 41 2,020
1993 289 731 49 1,742
1992 329 670 52 1,662
1991 342 646 61 1,452
1990 343 650 49 1,664
1989 404 555 47 1,661
1988 428 516 51 1,486
1987 376 535 59 1,270
1986 453 472 41 1,594
1985 511 432 49 1,392
1984 501 425 54 1,253
1983 503 429 34 1,690
1982 569 405 32 1,780
1981 526 417 31 1,818
1980 478 448 30 1,859
1979 252 679 31 1,793
1978 209 745 27 1,872
1977 184 815 34 1,613
1976 176 796 42 1,377
1975 220 679 44 1,305
1974 260 605 41 1,335
1973 134 920 30 1,586
1972 109 1,057 37 1,392
1971 143 912 34 1,468
1970 137 937 29 1,584
1969 126 954 26 1,611
1968 94 1,100 17 1,969
1967 73 1,256 17 1,916
1966 52 1,552 6 3,583
1965 44 1,694 21 1,726
1964 36 1,983 15 2,130
1963 32 2,096 12 2,431
1962 26 2,366 15 2,129
1961 11 4,048 < 5 --
1960 16 3,109 7 3,391
1959 16 3,001 14 2,210
1958 15 3,111 12 2,385
1957 9 4,264 11 2,507
1956 13 3,367 12 2,383
1955 11 3,611 10 2,607
1954 18 2,606 14 2,130
1953 5 5,794 8 2,946
1952 9 3,852 9 2,706
1951 < 5 -- 5 3,800
1950 < 5 -- 6 3,376
1949 < 5 -- 6 3,367
1948 6 4,758 < 5 --
1947 8 4,048 < 5 --
1946 6 4,512 < 5 --
1945 7 3,722 < 5 --
1944 8 3,430 < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 < 5 -- < 5 --
1940 8 3,261 < 5 --
1939 5 4,360 < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
1937 8 3,193 < 5 --
1936 9 2,893 < 5 --
1935 14 2,221 < 5 --
1934 10 2,771 < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 8 3,324 < 5 --
1931 10 2,793 < 5 --
1930 12 2,576 < 5 --
1929 12 2,607 6 3,621
1928 14 2,407 < 5 --
1927 11 2,893 < 5 --
1926 19 2,012 < 5 --
1925 11 2,973 < 5 --
1924 21 1,937 < 5 --
1923 15 2,382 < 5 --
1922 9 3,422 < 5 --
1921 17 2,212 < 5 --
1920 14 2,486 < 5 --
1919 19 1,931 6 3,808
1918 9 3,287 < 5 --
1917 7 3,787 < 5 --
1916 11 2,689 5 4,015
1915 5 4,401 < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 6 2,887 < 5 --
1912 7 2,421 < 5 --
1911 7 1,998 < 5 --
1910 5 2,475 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.