Christ
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,977since 1880
Christ over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Christ has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,379 | 34 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,879 | 28 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,708 | 29 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | — | #3,085 | 37 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,626 | 46 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,708 | 28 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,932 | 38 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,172 | 32 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,217 | 30 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,681 | 35 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,525 | 37 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,532 | 28 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | — | #1,858 | 27 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,745 | 26 |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,311 | 36 |
| 1963 | — | #1,305 | 36 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,423 | 30 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,368 | 34 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,683 | 20 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,119 | 34 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #974 | 46 | |
| 1930 | — | #944 | 51 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #786 | 68 | |
| 1927 | — | #924 | 55 | |
| 1926 | — | #980 | 49 | |
| 1925 | — | #822 | 65 | |
| 1924 | — | #937 | 56 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #882 | 61 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,045 | 45 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #938 | 51 | |
| 1918 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,054 | 29 | |
| 1913 | — | #969 | 26 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #491 | 17 | |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #397 | 19 | |
| 1890 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1889 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #370 | 23 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Christ was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1905, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 226 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #3,379)
- 1,662 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #3,379)
- 294 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 482 spots in 1908 (#735 → #1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #360 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1880–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,687
- Highest: 1 in 4,687 boys born in 1885 were named Christ (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #360 in 1881, was only 1 in 4,797 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.2% of all boys named Christ (565) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 181 | #360 (1881) | #426 |
| 1890s | 162 | #376 (1894) | #518 |
| 1900s | 99 | #651 (1902) | #844 |
| 1910s | 347 | #804 (1917) | #975 |
| 1920s | 565 | #786 (1928) | #913 |
| 1930s | 339 | #944 (1930) | #1,167 |
| 1940s | 216 | #1,381 (1942) | #1,525 |
| 1950s | 261 | #1,323 (1952) | #1,525 |
| 1960s | 292 | #1,294 (1965) | #1,488 |
| 1970s | 258 | #1,473 (1972) | #1,871 |
| 1980s | 195 | #2,207 (1982) | #2,690 |
| 1990s | 224 | #2,500 (1995) | #3,224 |
| 2000s | 364 | #2,525 (2000) | #2,868 |
| 2010s | 317 | #2,626 (2011) | #3,499 |
| 2020s | 157 | #3,379 (2025) | #4,125 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Christ in 1925
boys
#822
65 births · 1 in 17,168 boys
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 17,168 of them was named Christ, which outranked 83.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).