Kristen Girl
How popular is Kristen?
#1,990 girl name in 2025
96 baby girls were named Kristen in the US in 2025, making it the 1990th most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
Kristen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,990 for girls (▼ 711 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 96 girls, 10 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #889 in 2015, #1,545 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1982 (9,534 girls) |
| Highest rank | #33 in 1982 |
| First recorded | 1938 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kristen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kristen family of names ranked #1,038 for girls in 2025 (#853 the year before), with 191 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kristen is most popular
Babies named Kristen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kristen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 20 | #2,300 |
| 1940s | 776 | #631 |
| 1950s | 2,811 | #404 |
| 1960s | 18,039 | #96 |
| 1970s | 44,206 | #45 |
| 1980s | 83,228 | #33 |
| 1990s | 53,075 | #42 |
| 2000s | 12,558 | #142 |
| 2010s | 3,244 | #575 |
| 2020s | 810 | #1,279 |
Girl names about as popular as Kristen
Questions
- Is Kristen a boy or girl name?
- Kristen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Kristen were girls.
- How popular is the name Kristen?
- 96 baby girls were named Kristen in the US in 2025, making it the 1990th most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
- When was Kristen most popular?
- Kristen peaked in 1982, when 9,534 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #33 in 1982.
- How many people are named Kristen?
- 220,952 babies have been named Kristen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 212,632 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Kristen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kristen was most common in Alabama, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.