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

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Peak · boys
#360
1881 · 21 births
Debut · boys
1880
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,977
since 1880

Christ over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Christ has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #360, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,37934
2024—#3,60531
2023—#4,22025
2022—#3,87928
2021—#4,62821
2020—#5,04118
2019—#3,89927
2018—#3,70829
2017—#3,44032
2016#16,2155#3,23035
2015—#3,08537
2014—#4,26323
2013—#3,49730
2012—#3,53030
2011—#2,62646
2010—#3,70828
2009—#2,94640
2008—#2,87941
2007—#3,02538
2006—#2,93238
2005—#3,17232
2004—#3,21730
2003—#2,67437
2002—#2,63236
2001—#2,68135
2000—#2,52537
1999—#3,27924
1998—#3,01726
1997—#3,35121
1996—#2,83826
1995—#2,50030
1994—#3,75117
1993—#3,04222
1992—#2,53228
1991—#4,76011
1990—#3,16619
1989—#2,46926
1988—#3,35015
1987—#2,27225
1986—#3,88211
1985—#2,50420
1984—#2,82416
1983—#2,34121
1982#10,5175#2,20723
1981—#2,68017
1980—#2,36721
1979—#1,94327
1978#9,7505#2,47318
1977—#1,85827
1976#9,2845#2,05423
1975—#2,13421
1974—#1,69228
1973#8,4235#1,54831
1972#7,2926#1,47333
1971#8,3245#1,74526
1970—#1,79424
1969—#1,64225
1968—#1,89418
1967—#1,36431
1966—#1,75719
1965#5,8176#1,29435
1964#6,7675#1,31136
1963—#1,30536
1962—#1,42330
1961—#1,36834
1960—#1,52328
1959—#1,36033
1958#6,1035#1,64423
1957—#1,67323
1956—#1,53226
1955—#1,72520
1954—#1,36131
1953—#1,33132
1952—#1,32332
1951—#1,68320
1950—#1,61521
1949—#1,46225
1948—#1,48724
1947—#1,44926
1946—#1,75917
1945—#1,53619
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,69918
1942—#1,38125
1941—#1,48521
1940—#1,47121
1939—#1,23828
1938—#1,27527
1937—#1,11934
1936—#1,32625
1935—#99241
1934—#1,09236
1933—#1,45622
1932—#1,25429
1931—#97446
1930—#94451
1929—#96049
1928—#78668
1927—#92455
1926—#98049
1925—#82265
1924—#93756
1923—#80369
1922—#88261
1921—#1,04545
1920—#98748
1919—#93851
1918—#86958
1917—#80461
1916—#1,01340
1915—#1,01539
1914—#1,05429
1913—#96926
1912—#93523
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,1189
1909—#95110
1908—#1,2176
1907—#73513
1906—#70912
1905—#1,0916
1904—#9667
1903—#65612
1902—#65112
1901—#68310
1900—#78511
1899—#7149
1898—#61113
1897—#47317
1896—#7789
1895—#49117
1894—#37624
1893—#50914
1892—#42220
1891—#39719
1890—#40520
1889—#40520
1888—#46417
1887—#46114
1886—#45116
1885—#36423
1884—#48815
1883—#43317
1882—#37023
1881—#36021
1880—#46515
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.

See more about Christ
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s181#360 (1881)#426
1890s162#376 (1894)#518
1900s99#651 (1902)#844
1910s347#804 (1917)#975
1920s565#786 (1928)#913
1930s339#944 (1930)#1,167
1940s216#1,381 (1942)#1,525
1950s261#1,323 (1952)#1,525
1960s292#1,294 (1965)#1,488
1970s258#1,473 (1972)#1,871
1980s195#2,207 (1982)#2,690
1990s224#2,500 (1995)#3,224
2000s364#2,525 (2000)#2,868
2010s317#2,626 (2011)#3,499
2020s157#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 1972

girls
#7,292
6 births · 1 in 253,541 girls
boys
#1,473
33 births · 1 in 49,140 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #7,292Christ6

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,473Christ33
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Christ, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christ
  1. #6,558Yukiko7
  2. #6,558Zorina7
  3. #6,558Zully7
  4. #7,292Christ6
  5. #7,292Adonia6
  6. #7,292Afua6
  7. #7,292Aggie6
  8. #8,292Aarona5
  9. #8,292Abigale5
  10. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 49,140 of them was named Christ, which outranked 74.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christ
  1. #1,453Tavis34
  2. #1,453Wendy34
  3. #1,453Zack34
  4. #1,473Christ33
  5. #1,473Alphonse33
  6. #1,473Ambrose33
  7. #1,473Chistopher33
  8. #1,508Alfie32
  9. #1,508Bartley32
  10. #1,508Brodrick32

Tied with 34 names at #1,473; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →