Christen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Christen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Christen: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #265, and it was last ranked in 2003.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#265highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Christen's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#3900
2003	#4373

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 19 of the 34 years from 1945 to 1978.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2003 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #341 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1978
Highest recorded position: #265 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–1978).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003.
England and Wales · Girls

Christen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 119 births with the name.

Christen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Christen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#341 (1945)	#265 (1946)	#605 (1978)	19 of 34	119 (1945–1978)	10 (1946)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#4373 (2003)	3 of 8	9 (1996–2003)	3 (1996)

Christen by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Christen in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	34	5 of 10	7
1950s	21	4 of 10	5
1960s	27	4 of 10	7
1970s	37	6 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Christen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2003. Highest recorded position: #265 in Norway in 1946.

Christen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#605	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#489	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#383	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#583	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#403	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#492	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#352	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#519	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#458	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#337	7	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#380	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#360	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#346	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#325	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#282	9	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#265	10	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#341	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2003, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #265, first reached in 1946.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
17 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,467position in 2003, its most recent recorded year
51 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
10births registered in its largest year, 1946Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Christel · #170, 54y
Christelle · #2407, 17y
Christer · #44, 58y
Christian · #7, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gintare · #265, 24y
Zayaan · #264, 23y
Antoin · #263, 20y
Bernadine · #262, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Bror · #265, 63y
Ingebrigt · #265, 38y
Lyder · #265, 27y
Audny · #266, 19y

Christen was ranked #265 in Norway · Boys in 1946. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Christen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Christen without appearing here.

Christen moved ahead of

Herman Compare
In 1973 they stood at #489 and #383 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #487 and #612.
Ludvig Compare
In 1952 they stood at #346 and #264 in Norway · Boys; by 1953 that had become #360 and #391.
Oskar Compare
In 1977 they stood at #487 and #472 in Norway · Boys; by 1978 that had become #605 and #631.
Elias Compare
In 1973 they stood at #489 and #462 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #487 and #489.

Moved ahead of Christen

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #486 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #583 and #220.
Joakim Compare
In 1970 they stood at #486 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #583 and #292.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #383 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #489 and #245.
Alex Compare
In 1973 they stood at #489 and #533 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #487 and #270.

Moved the opposite way to Christen

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 while Anders went from #55 to #7.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 while Andreas went from #140 to #27.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 while Christian went from #161 to #10.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 while Daniel went from #280 to #36.

Moved the same way as Christen

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 and Aksel from #174 to #384.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 and Arild from #32 to #64.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 and Arne from #6 to #70.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 1978 in Norway · Boys, Christen went from #341 to #605 and Arthur from #153 to #507.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2003. Highest recorded position: #265 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Christen

Christen at a glance

What stands out in Christen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Christen across 2 official records

Christen by decade in Norway · Boys

Christen appears in

Popularity data

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Christen at a glance

What stands out in Christen's record

Christen across 2 official records

Christen by decade in Norway · Boys

Christen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Christen

Christen and the names beside it

Christen moved ahead of

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