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How popular is the name Kristen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kristens are alive today.
Kristen (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 40 babies were given the name, the 608th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2024 figure is roughly 8% of its peak.
The Kristen you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Kristens born in England and Wales are between 19 and 33, and there are at least 760 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kristen - on average, only one in every 415 such rooms contains a Kristen.
How many babies are named Kristen each year?
Where does Kristen rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kristen most popular?
Kristen peaked in 1996, when 40 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kristen?
At least 760 people named Kristen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kristen?
Most living Kristens are between 19 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Kristen becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.