Feminine dossier · first seen 1910

Christen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Christen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

569

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1910Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

All-time

11,511

Christen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1982, when 569 girls were named Christen.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 11,511 Americans have been named Christen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

1982569 girls named Christen

20249 girls named Christen

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