Christon
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 84.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,239since 1951
Christon 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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,080 | 25 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,105 | 23 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,368 | 28 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,119 | 30 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #2,126 | 43 |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,590 | 29 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #1,938 | 32 |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,834 | 32 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Christon! It came in at #3,714, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1960, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Christon is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#628 · 1 in 7,170
- California#1,690 · 1 in 44,677
Best ever in a state: #628 in Louisiana, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #628 | 5 | 1 in 7,170 |
| California | #1,690 | 5 | 1 in 44,677 |
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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 Christon
- 1,308 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
- 3,599 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #7,679)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1985 at #1,834 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,450 boys born in 1998 were named Christon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,834 in 1985, was only 1 in 57,757 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.6% of all boys named Christon (293) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #3,714 (1951) | #3,724 |
| 1960s | 52 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,295 |
| 1970s | 128 | #2,134 (1975) | #2,987 |
| 1980s | 239 | #1,834 (1985) | #2,375 |
| 1990s | 293 | #2,086 (1990) | #2,624 |
| 2000s | 247 | #3,119 (2003) | #3,794 |
| 2010s | 195 | #3,532 (2014) | #4,997 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,110 (2021) | #6,887 |
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.
Christon in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 191,203 of them was named Christon, which outranked 44.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,457Yumi10
- #6,457Yvonna10
- #6,457Zelma10
- #6,955Christon9
- #6,955Aarica9
- #6,955Aarin9
- #6,955Aarti9
- #7,563Abbra8
- #7,563Abigal8
- #7,563Abraham8
Tied with 607 names at #6,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 57,757 of them was named Christon, which outranked 75.8% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,794Son33
- #1,794Valentine33
- #1,794Williams33
- #1,834Christon32
- #1,834Ace32
- #1,834Artis32
- #1,834Bentley32
- #1,866Abner31
- #1,866Allyn31
- #1,866Anil31
Tied with 31 names at #1,834; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.