Recorded 1910–2025 · United States
Christen was most popular in 1982, when 601 American babies were given the name — ranking #709 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,279, with 20 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,706 people named Christen.
Christen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1910, which makes it about 115 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 109 of the 116 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,706 American births named Christen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 12,910 are estimated to be alive today.
20 American babies were named Christen in 2025, ranking #10,279 that year.
Christen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 23 births a year, against 57 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -60% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Christen is mostly a girl’s name — 84.1% of the 13,706 Americans given it were girls and 15.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 51% girls and 49% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 12,910 Americans named Christen are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 40 years old, and half are between 31 and 46.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org