# Kristen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kristen/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 220,952 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,185 / 218,767 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 605, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century.

## 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 | 430 | 660 |
| 2012 | 429 | 659 |
| 2013 | 389 | 714 |
| 2014 | 340 | 815 |
| 2015 | 310 | 890 |
| 2016 | 253 | 1,045 |
| 2017 | 221 | 1,129 |
| 2018 | 190 | 1,230 |
| 2019 | 174 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 134 | 1,573 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,747 |
| 2023 | 143 | 1,508 |
| 2024 | 181 | 1,283 |
| 2025 | 96 | 1,999 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,244 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,514 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,222 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,892 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,807 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,560 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,524 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,279 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,962 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,839 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,555 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,476 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,625 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,486 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,985 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 21 | 1,365 |
| 2010 | 28 | 1,150 |
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12 | 1,113 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,485 |
| 1999 | 12 | 1,130 |
| 2000 | 8 | 1,552 |
| 2001 | 11 | 1,286 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,005 |
| 2003 | 8 | 1,771 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 12 | 1,534 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Kristen

- Kristen Stewart, American actress (born 1990)
- Kristen Bell, American actress
- Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedian (born 1973)
- Kristen Michal, Estonian politician (born 1975)
- Kristen Schaal, American actress
- Kristen Nygaard, Computer scientist, Mathematician (1926-2002)
- Kristen Connolly, American film actress
- Kristen Johnston, American actress (born 1967)
- Kristen Dalton, American model
- Kristen Pfaff, American musician and singer
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez, American songwriter
- Kristen Welker, American television journalist (born 1976)

## 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.