Christian
#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births · #96 for boys in 2025, 3,641 births
Given to boys 95.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 14,487 births
- Debut · boys
- 43 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 42 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 453,968since 1880
Christian over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #4,878 | 27 | #96 | 3,641 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #77 | 4,272 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 | #77 | 4,158 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #73 | 4,486 |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 48 | #71 | 4,636 |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | #62 | 5,104 |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 | #57 | 5,781 |
| 2018 | #2,217 | 83 | #54 | 6,582 |
| 2017 | #2,108 | 91 | #52 | 7,025 |
| 2016 | #1,929 | 104 | #46 | 7,674 |
| 2015 | #1,695 | 125 | #43 | 8,220 |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 | #42 | 8,480 |
| 2013 | #1,587 | 135 | #35 | 9,352 |
| 2012 | #1,552 | 141 | #33 | 9,640 |
| 2011 | #1,372 | 167 | #30 | 10,334 |
| 2010 | #1,443 | 157 | #29 | 11,110 |
| 2009 | #1,288 | 188 | #23 | 12,657 |
| 2008 | #1,265 | 197 | #23 | 13,069 |
| 2007 | #1,172 | 217 | #22 | 14,063 |
| 2006 | #1,063 | 240 | #21 | 14,487 |
| 2005 | #1,085 | 219 | #22 | 14,210 |
| 2004 | #822 | 304 | #24 | 13,926 |
| 2003 | #822 | 299 | #25 | 13,908 |
| 2002 | #773 | 310 | #24 | 14,597 |
| 2001 | #625 | 400 | #24 | 15,457 |
| 2000 | #577 | 452 | #22 | 16,059 |
| 1999 | #529 | 479 | #25 | 14,783 |
| 1998 | #483 | 528 | #26 | 14,522 |
| 1997 | #421 | 623 | #25 | 15,059 |
| 1996 | #374 | 720 | #24 | 15,824 |
| 1995 | #356 | 738 | #28 | 13,813 |
| 1994 | #346 | 769 | #35 | 11,987 |
| 1993 | #305 | 876 | #35 | 11,891 |
| 1992 | #280 | 987 | #35 | 11,953 |
| 1991 | #297 | 936 | #48 | 9,447 |
| 1990 | #316 | 863 | #60 | 6,786 |
| 1989 | #330 | 764 | #78 | 4,625 |
| 1988 | #393 | 611 | #86 | 3,937 |
| 1987 | #393 | 583 | #90 | 3,324 |
| 1986 | #406 | 547 | #89 | 3,214 |
| 1985 | #414 | 538 | #101 | 2,915 |
| 1984 | #454 | 457 | #104 | 2,726 |
| 1983 | #522 | 364 | #112 | 2,419 |
| 1982 | #475 | 439 | #114 | 2,576 |
| 1981 | #491 | 416 | #121 | 2,235 |
| 1980 | #528 | 358 | #118 | 2,318 |
| 1979 | #744 | 218 | #120 | 2,262 |
| 1978 | #855 | 173 | #116 | 2,208 |
| 1977 | #891 | 159 | #116 | 2,294 |
| 1976 | #811 | 171 | #112 | 2,268 |
| 1975 | #738 | 197 | #103 | 2,463 |
| 1974 | #607 | 257 | #103 | 2,490 |
| 1973 | #670 | 222 | #97 | 2,693 |
| 1972 | #718 | 199 | #96 | 2,962 |
| 1971 | #722 | 210 | #122 | 2,639 |
| 1970 | #755 | 195 | #127 | 2,623 |
| 1969 | #854 | 148 | #140 | 2,194 |
| 1968 | #978 | 113 | #151 | 1,780 |
| 1967 | #1,002 | 104 | #186 | 1,320 |
| 1966 | #988 | 107 | #237 | 888 |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 | #275 | 730 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 | #294 | 711 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | #299 | 672 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #305 | 650 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #319 | 606 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | #301 | 662 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #323 | 581 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | #377 | 427 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #427 | 327 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #382 | 389 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #385 | 350 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #379 | 352 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #373 | 338 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #385 | 319 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #414 | 272 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #412 | 268 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #453 | 218 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #468 | 202 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #492 | 187 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #477 | 182 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #503 | 141 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #524 | 135 |
| 1943 | — | #542 | 135 | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #606 | 108 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #532 | 122 |
| 1940 | — | #597 | 99 | |
| 1939 | — | #601 | 94 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #590 | 99 |
| 1937 | — | #637 | 85 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #611 | 91 |
| 1935 | — | #725 | 71 | |
| 1934 | — | #623 | 92 | |
| 1933 | — | #668 | 77 | |
| 1932 | — | #657 | 86 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #633 | 87 |
| 1930 | — | #632 | 94 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #633 | 93 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #578 | 114 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #584 | 112 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #585 | 113 |
| 1925 | — | #612 | 105 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #568 | 125 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #582 | 116 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #489 | 160 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #543 | 132 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #507 | 143 |
| 1919 | — | #531 | 125 | |
| 1918 | — | #474 | 155 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #466 | 149 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #452 | 154 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #445 | 151 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #437 | 122 |
| 1913 | — | #451 | 91 | |
| 1912 | — | #404 | 91 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #457 | 41 |
| 1910 | — | #430 | 40 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #452 | 29 | |
| 1907 | — | #396 | 32 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #421 | 26 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #312 | 36 | |
| 1902 | — | #337 | 33 | |
| 1901 | — | #277 | 38 | |
| 1900 | — | #375 | 35 | |
| 1899 | — | #257 | 42 | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #350 | 30 |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #312 | 36 | |
| 1895 | — | #245 | 53 | |
| 1894 | — | #278 | 40 | |
| 1893 | — | #279 | 39 | |
| 1892 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1891 | — | #277 | 34 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #237 | 49 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #226 | 51 |
| 1888 | — | #243 | 51 | |
| 1887 | — | #230 | 47 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #298 | 33 |
| 1885 | — | #217 | 55 | |
| 1884 | — | #231 | 54 | |
| 1883 | — | #215 | 50 | |
| 1882 | — | #238 | 49 | |
| 1881 | — | #208 | 53 | |
| 1880 | — | #252 | 43 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Christian was already there! It came in at #252, and was given to 43 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1909, when fewer than 39 boys a year got the name.
See more about Christian
- 19 spots since 2024 (#77 → #96)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#62 → #96)
- 53 spots since 2015 (#43 → #96)
- Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1936 (#725 → #611)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1900 (#257 → #375)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2006 at #21 (14,487 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1986–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 120 boys born in 1996 were named Christian (0.84%)
- Latest: 1 in 469 boys born in 2025 (0.21%)
- Its best rank, #21 in 2006, was only 1 in 142 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.4% of all boys named Christian (142,433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 486 | #208 (1881) | #236 |
| 1890s | 404 | #237 (1890) | #280 |
| 1900s | 321 | #277 (1901) | #377 |
| 1910s | 1,119 | #404 (1912) | #455 |
| 1920s | 1,213 | #489 (1922) | #568 |
| 1930s | 876 | #590 (1938) | #638 |
| 1940s | 1,529 | #453 (1949) | #519 |
| 1950s | 3,623 | #323 (1959) | #386 |
| 1960s | 10,213 | #140 (1969) | #251 |
| 1970s | 24,902 | #96 (1972) | #111 |
| 1980s | 30,289 | #78 (1989) | #101 |
| 1990s | 126,065 | #24 (1996) | #34 |
| 2000s | 142,433 | #21 (2006) | #23 |
| 2010s | 84,198 | #29 (2010) | #42 |
| 2020s | 26,297 | #62 (2020) | #76 |
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.
Christian 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 4,010 of them was named Christian, which outranked 96.0% 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).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 801 of them was named Christian, which outranked 98.3% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.