Feminine dossier · first seen 1938

Kristen

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

Endangered Down 98.1% from peak

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

9,533

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1938Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

98.1%

2024

181

All-time

218,672

Kristen 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 9,533 girls were named Kristen.

In 2024, only 181 girls were given the name.

Down 98.1% from its peak.

All told, about 218,672 Americans have been named Kristen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1938.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.1% from peak

19829,533 girls named Kristen

2024181 girls named Kristen

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