Christain

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #8,758 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 87.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,312
1995 · 80 births
Debut · boys
1921
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,112
since 1921

Christain over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #4,167, 1982peak #1,312, 1995girlsboys
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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—#10,6956
2024—#10,9386
2023—#8,2559
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2021—#9,7147
2020—#9,5547
2019—#6,10414
2018—#8,8198
2017—#5,29717
2016—#4,94319
2015—#4,29523
2014—#3,53230
2013—#3,58229
2012—#3,23134
2011—#3,23534
2010—#2,73044
2009—#2,34855
2008—#2,20760
2007—#2,60247
2006—#2,31054
2005—#1,98363
2004—#1,97461
2003—#2,05555
2002—#1,64772
2001#8,75811#1,44186
2000#10,7458#1,40888
1999—#1,42182
1998#10,1228#1,35986
1997#6,84413#1,53567
1996#7,13012#1,43472
1995#4,84620#1,31280
1994#8,8049#1,77349
1993#5,67316#1,55458
1992#5,26718#1,42964
1991#4,65021#1,50258
1990#4,52321#1,78044
1989#4,35821#2,15432
1988#6,27712#2,14629
1987#5,92312#3,07216
1986#6,15611#2,09627
1985#6,03111#2,50420
1984#5,53912#2,15924
1983#6,7059#4,9077
1982#4,16718#2,83116
1981#9,1106#2,89815
1980#5,91211#3,09814
1979—#3,01814
1978—#4,1578
1977#8,4446#2,79115
1976—#3,26411
1975#7,1737#2,20520
1974—#2,45916
1973#8,4235#1,69627
1972—#2,02020
1971—#2,12619
1970—#2,39915
1969—#2,41513
1968—#2,44512
1967#5,4577#2,35212
1966—#2,46511
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1964—#3,2827
1963—#4,0485
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1961—#2,9009
1960—#3,3377
1959—#3,2907
1958—#3,2757
1957—#3,5526
1956—#3,9425
1955—#3,5056
1954—#2,59210
1953—#3,1437
1952—#2,25112
1951—#2,36711
1950—#3,3296
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Christain! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1922–1949, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Christain
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #10,695)
  • 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
  • 6,400 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1995 at #1,312 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,225
  • Highest: 1 in 22,225 boys born in 1998 were named Christain (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,312 in 1995, was only 1 in 23,796 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 31.3% of all boys named Christain (660) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1984
  • Mostly girls until 1983, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#3,869 (1921)#3,869
1930s0——
1940s0——
1950s77#2,251 (1952)#3,125
1960s76#2,352 (1967)#2,906
1970s165#1,696 (1973)#2,614
1980s200#2,096 (1986)#2,787
1990s660#1,312 (1995)#1,510
2000s641#1,408 (2000)#1,998
2010s252#2,730 (2010)#4,577
2020s35#8,255 (2023)#9,831

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.

Christain in 1996

girls
#7,130
12 births · 1 in 146,084 girls
boys
#1,434
72 births · 1 in 26,310 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #7,130Christain12

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,434Christain72
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 146,084 of them was named Christain, which outranked 55.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christain
  1. #6,723Zohra13
  2. #6,723Zowie13
  3. #6,723Zuleyka13
  4. #7,130Christain12
  5. #7,130Aalyiah12
  6. #7,130Abagayle12
  7. #7,130Abelina12
  8. #7,574Aaleyah11
  9. #7,574Aarin11
  10. #7,574Abbe11

Tied with 443 names at #7,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 26,310 of them was named Christain, which outranked 86.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christain
  1. #1,421Kavon73
  2. #1,421Naquan73
  3. #1,421Tyrique73
  4. #1,434Christain72
  5. #1,434Esai72
  6. #1,434Gannon72
  7. #1,434Garrick72
  8. #1,445Blayne71
  9. #1,445Emory71
  10. #1,445Ernie71

Tied with 10 names at #1,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →