Dristen
The Story of Dristen
As a girl name
Dristen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1981, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1981: 5 births, good for #10,411 nationwide. Dristen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1981, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dristen as a boy name dates back to 1996, when 7 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Dristen — #7,137 in the national rankings. About 59% of every Dristen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Dristen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dristen
Dristen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 44 births in the dataset. Dristen's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #7,137. Use the chart and map above to compare Dristen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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