# Christen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,706 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,185 / 11,521 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 3,461 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,432 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,267 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,570 |
| 2015 | 34 | 4,243 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,799 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,082 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,307 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,097 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,695 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,708 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,184 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,453 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,591 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,007 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,417 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,498 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,417 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,002 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,900 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,571 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4,386 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,482 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,447 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,377 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,211 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,282 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,444 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,775 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |

## People named Christen

- Christen Press, American soccer player
- Christen Købke, Danish artist (1810-1848)
- Christen C. Raunkiær, Danish scientist (1860–1938)
- Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Danish politician (1817-1880)
- Christen Dalsgaard, Danish painter (1824-1907)
- Christen Friis Rottbøll, Danish botanist (1727-1797)
- Christen Mikkelsen Kold, Danish teacher (1816–1870)
- Christen Westphal, American soccer player
- Chris Dudley, American basketball player (born 1965)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.