Christan
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 53.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,578since 1959
Christan 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,540 | 16 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,224 | 24 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,596 | 30 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,591 | 30 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2011 | — | #2,904 | 40 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #3,014 | 38 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #2,560 | 49 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,310 | 54 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #2,182 | 55 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #2,131 | 55 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #2,206 | 49 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #2,249 | 45 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #2,063 | 46 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #2,040 | 46 |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 | #2,096 | 42 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | #2,091 | 38 |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #1,965 | 65 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #1,833 | 61 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #1,700 | 64 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #3,107 | 8 |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Christan! It came in at #3,619, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Christan
- 77 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
- 5,319 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #8,910)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 1984 at #1,723 (33 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 36,091 boys born in 2004 were named Christan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,723 in 1984, was only 1 in 54,692 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.2% of all boys named Christan (477) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,619 (1959) | #3,619 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,217 (1969) | #3,143 |
| 1970s | 142 | #2,216 (1973) | #2,777 |
| 1980s | 205 | #1,723 (1984) | #2,660 |
| 1990s | 366 | #2,040 (1998) | #2,223 |
| 2000s | 477 | #2,131 (2004) | #2,395 |
| 2010s | 293 | #2,904 (2011) | #3,778 |
| 2020s | 54 | #6,517 (2023) | #8,599 |
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.
Christan in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 26,063 of them was named Christan, which outranked 85.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,734Risa65
- #1,734Serenity65
- #1,734Stephine65
- #1,754Christan64
- #1,754Blake64
- #1,754Carolynn64
- #1,754Demetra64
- #1,767Abra63
- #1,767Ambra63
- #1,767Anh63
Tied with 12 names at #1,754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 137,783 of them was named Christan, which outranked 55.8% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,030Zakee14
- #3,030Zenon14
- #3,030Zephaniah14
- #3,221Christan13
- #3,221Adolphus13
- #3,221Akiva13
- #3,221Alistair13
- #3,412Adriana12
- #3,412Adriano12
- #3,412Agustine12
Tied with 190 names at #3,221; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.