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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1921 (see the data table).
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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First appearance
1921
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 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Christain in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Christain
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #10,695)
- 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1995 at #1,312 (80 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,225
- 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
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 31.3% of all boys named Christain (660) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1984
- 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.
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