Christen

Gender: Mostly boys
Say it: KRIS-ten
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #7,675 for boys

Christen is a name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Christen mean?

Greek: Danish and Norwegian form of Christian

“follower of Christ”

Is Christen a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Christen has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 10 boys in the US.

How popular is Christen in the US?

Rank in 2025: 7,675th among boys
Babies in 2025: 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 43% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Christen, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916. 10 girls were also named Christen in 2025 (9,454th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Christen in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Christen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.

Christen 10
Christon 10
Kristen 10
Christan 8
Kriston 6
Kristan 5

In 2020, 44% of the babies named Christen in the US were girls.

1916Busiest: 61 in 19912025

Christen in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	10	#7,675
2024	9	#8,307
2023	14	#6,215
2022	14	#6,141
2021	17	#5,333
2020	22	#4,422
2019	13	#6,401
2018	23	#4,350
2017	16	#5,522
2016	27	#3,882
2015	26	#3,980
2014	22	#4,389
2013	21	#4,461
2012	22	#4,387
2011	25	#3,992
2010	30	#3,530
2009	23	#4,276
2008	33	#3,342
2007	36	#3,133
2006	32	#3,304
2005	38	#2,799
2004	56	#2,098
2003	43	#2,424
2002	40	#2,466
2001	41	#2,382
2000	49	#2,045
1999	40	#2,260
1998	32	#2,596
1997	42	#2,093
1996	49	#1,838
1995	31	#2,439
1994	41	#2,007
1993	49	#1,736
1992	52	#1,654
1991	61	#1,446
1990	49	#1,657
1989	47	#1,653
1988	51	#1,477
1987	59	#1,270
1986	41	#1,587
1985	49	#1,388
1984	54	#1,250
1983	34	#1,686
1982	32	#1,773
1981	31	#1,810
1980	30	#1,852
1979	31	#1,788
1978	27	#1,870
1977	34	#1,607
1976	42	#1,373
1975	44	#1,304
1974	41	#1,335
1973	30	#1,586
1972	37	#1,391
1971	34	#1,466
1970	29	#1,581
1969	26	#1,604
1968	17	#1,961
1967	17	#1,905
1966	6	#3,535
1965	21	#1,719
1964	15	#2,113
1963	12	#2,413
1962	15	#2,116
1961	0	–
1960	7	#3,335
1959	14	#2,199
1958	12	#2,368
1957	11	#2,492
1956	12	#2,359
1955	10	#2,557
1954	14	#2,113
1953	8	#2,904
1952	9	#2,678
1951	5	#3,712
1950	6	#3,328
1949	6	#3,296
1948	0	–
1947	0	–
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	0	–
1943	0	–
1942	0	–
1941	0	–
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	0	–
1932	0	–
1931	0	–
1930	0	–
1929	6	#3,557
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	0	–
1924	0	–
1923	0	–
1922	0	–
1921	0	–
1920	0	–
1919	6	#3,735
1918	0	–
1917	0	–
1916	5	#3,896

Nicknames for Christen

Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Christen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jason, Christopher, Colin, Cristian, Steven, Justin, Damian, Caleb, Lucas, Jordan, Andrew, Nathan

Other spellings of Christen

Christon, Kristen, Christan, Kriston, Kristan

Names related to Christen

Christian, Christina, Christine, Christiana, Carsten, Christiano

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Christen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christen, updated 20 October 2026.