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

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Peak · boys
#21
2006 · 14,487 births
Debut · boys
1880
43 births
In top 100 · boys
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
453,968
since 1880

Christian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #21, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,87827#963,641
2024#4,38732#774,272
2023#3,83339#774,158
2022#3,22050#734,486
2021#3,29748#714,636
2020#3,22148#625,104
2019#2,45172#575,781
2018#2,21783#546,582
2017#2,10891#527,025
2016#1,929104#467,674
2015#1,695125#438,220
2014#1,602134#428,480
2013#1,587135#359,352
2012#1,552141#339,640
2011#1,372167#3010,334
2010#1,443157#2911,110
2009#1,288188#2312,657
2008#1,265197#2313,069
2007#1,172217#2214,063
2006#1,063240#2114,487
2005#1,085219#2214,210
2004#822304#2413,926
2003#822299#2513,908
2002#773310#2414,597
2001#625400#2415,457
2000#577452#2216,059
1999#529479#2514,783
1998#483528#2614,522
1997#421623#2515,059
1996#374720#2415,824
1995#356738#2813,813
1994#346769#3511,987
1993#305876#3511,891
1992#280987#3511,953
1991#297936#489,447
1990#316863#606,786
1989#330764#784,625
1988#393611#863,937
1987#393583#903,324
1986#406547#893,214
1985#414538#1012,915
1984#454457#1042,726
1983#522364#1122,419
1982#475439#1142,576
1981#491416#1212,235
1980#528358#1182,318
1979#744218#1202,262
1978#855173#1162,208
1977#891159#1162,294
1976#811171#1122,268
1975#738197#1032,463
1974#607257#1032,490
1973#670222#972,693
1972#718199#962,962
1971#722210#1222,639
1970#755195#1272,623
1969#854148#1402,194
1968#978113#1511,780
1967#1,002104#1861,320
1966#988107#237888
1965#1,91436#275730
1964#2,10932#294711
1963#1,75443#299672
1962#3,43814#305650
1961#2,83919#319606
1960#2,90418#301662
1959#2,39523#323581
1958#2,86217#377427
1957#3,69611#427327
1956#3,32113#382389
1955#3,77810#385350
1954#2,77916#379352
1953#2,51618#373338
1952#2,12623#385319
1951#2,69415#414272
1950#3,6629#412268
1949#2,85013#453218
1948#3,5939#468202
1947#2,76914#492187
1946#3,6658#477182
1945#4,5565#503141
1944#4,5745#524135
1943—#542135
1942#2,66612#606108
1941#3,5597#532122
1940—#59799
1939—#60194
1938#3,1818#59099
1937—#63785
1936#4,1815#61191
1935—#72571
1934—#62392
1933—#66877
1932—#65786
1931#3,4977#63387
1930—#63294
1929#4,0536#63393
1928#4,1956#578114
1927#4,2866#584112
1926#4,3066#585113
1925—#612105
1924#4,4346#568125
1923#4,9675#582116
1922#2,78012#489160
1921#2,76212#543132
1920#3,9577#507143
1919—#531125
1918—#474155
1917#3,3448#466149
1916#4,4175#452154
1915#3,4347#445151
1914#3,6185#437122
1913—#45191
1912—#40491
1911#2,4635#45741
1910—#43040
1909—#47329
1908—#45229
1907—#39632
1906—#36333
1905—#42126
1904—#36830
1903—#31236
1902—#33733
1901—#27738
1900—#37535
1899—#25742
1898#1,7005#35030
1897—#28839
1896—#31236
1895—#24553
1894—#27840
1893—#27939
1892—#27942
1891—#27734
1890#1,3385#23749
1889#1,1476#22651
1888—#24351
1887—#23047
1886#1,1085#29833
1885—#21755
1884—#23154
1883—#21550
1882—#23849
1881—#20853
1880—#25243
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2006 at #21 (14,487 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1986–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 120
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.4% of all boys named Christian (142,433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s486#208 (1881)#236
1890s404#237 (1890)#280
1900s321#277 (1901)#377
1910s1,119#404 (1912)#455
1920s1,213#489 (1922)#568
1930s876#590 (1938)#638
1940s1,529#453 (1949)#519
1950s3,623#323 (1959)#386
1960s10,213#140 (1969)#251
1970s24,902#96 (1972)#111
1980s30,289#78 (1989)#101
1990s126,065#24 (1996)#34
2000s142,433#21 (2006)#23
2010s84,198#29 (2010)#42
2020s26,297#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 2010

girls
#1,443
157 births · 1 in 11,322 girls
boys
#29
11,110 births · 1 in 173 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #1,443Christian157

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #29Christian11,110
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 11,322 of them was named Christian, which outranked 92.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christian
  1. #1,438Leena158
  2. #1,438Robin158
  3. #1,438Yaretzy158
  4. #1,443Christian157
  5. #1,443Brylie157
  6. #1,443Camdyn157
  7. #1,443Coral157
  8. #1,450Alexi156
  9. #1,450Brandi156
  10. #1,450Jaya156

Tied with 6 names at #1,443; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 173 of them was named Christian, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christian
  1. #26John11,568
  2. #27Nathan11,380
  3. #28Jonathan11,140
  4. #29Christian11,110
  5. #30Liam10,933
  6. #31Dylan10,520
  7. #32Caleb10,485
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →