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
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 80 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,112since 1921
Christain over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,943 | 19 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,295 | 23 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,582 | 29 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,235 | 34 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,348 | 55 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,602 | 47 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,310 | 54 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,983 | 63 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,974 | 61 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,055 | 55 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,647 | 72 | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #1,441 | 86 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #1,408 | 88 |
| 1999 | — | #1,421 | 82 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,359 | 86 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #1,535 | 67 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #1,434 | 72 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #1,312 | 80 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #1,554 | 58 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,696 | 27 |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Christain is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#539 · 1 in 4,106
- North Carolina#766 · 1 in 8,086
- Florida#803 · 1 in 8,669
- Michigan#804 · 1 in 9,949
- Georgia#865 · 1 in 8,597
Best ever in a state: #474 in Georgia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 4,106 |
| North Carolina | #766 | 6 | 1 in 8,086 |
| Florida | #803 | 10 | 1 in 8,669 |
| Michigan | #804 | 6 | 1 in 9,949 |
| Georgia | #865 | 6 | 1 in 8,597 |
| New York | #1,234 | 7 | 1 in 16,476 |
| Texas | #1,326 | 7 | 1 in 22,944 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Christain
- 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)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1995 at #1,312 (80 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 31.3% of all boys named Christain (660) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1983, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,869 (1921) | #3,869 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,251 (1952) | #3,125 |
| 1960s | 76 | #2,352 (1967) | #2,906 |
| 1970s | 165 | #1,696 (1973) | #2,614 |
| 1980s | 200 | #2,096 (1986) | #2,787 |
| 1990s | 660 | #1,312 (1995) | #1,510 |
| 2000s | 641 | #1,408 (2000) | #1,998 |
| 2010s | 252 | #2,730 (2010) | #4,577 |
| 2020s | 35 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 220,869 of them was named Christain, which outranked 39.0% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,260Zianna9
- #9,260Zissy9
- #9,260Zoriah9
- #10,122Christain8
- #10,122Aaniyah8
- #10,122Aasiyah8
- #10,122Abbegale8
- #11,138Aaliayah7
- #11,138Aaminah7
- #11,138Aanchal7
Tied with 1,015 names at #10,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 22,225 of them was named Christain, which outranked 88.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,356Jeramiah87
- #1,356Marcell87
- #1,356Rayquan87
- #1,359Christain86
- #1,359Bradlee86
- #1,359Darrick86
- #1,359Deshon86
- #1,372Cornell85
- #1,372Courtland85
- #1,372Djimon85
Tied with 12 names at #1,359; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.