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

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Peak · boys
1984 · 33 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,578
since 1959

Christan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #1,584, 1982peak #1,723, 1984girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,9108
2024—#8,9878
2023—#6,51713
2022—#6,82812
2021—#10,7996
2020—#9,5547
2019—#4,63921
2018—#5,54016
2017—#4,22424
2016—#3,59630
2015—#3,59130
2014—#3,78727
2013—#3,18934
2012#16,8695#3,29733
2011—#2,90440
2010#14,9596#3,01438
2009#13,7047#2,56049
2008#11,5999#2,75344
2007#10,12911#2,92040
2006#15,1526#2,31054
2005#11,8348#2,18255
2004#7,39115#2,13155
2003#9,67110#2,20649
2002#7,81613#2,50439
2001#8,19612#2,24945
2000#5,15122#2,13647
1999#3,71832#2,06346
1998#3,83130#2,04046
1997#3,10538#2,09642
1996#3,42933#2,38033
1995#2,45652#2,21036
1994#3,09837#2,55629
1993#2,99039#2,09138
1992#2,61247#2,25333
1991#2,66045#2,05236
1990#2,25856#2,48827
1989#1,96565#2,24530
1988#2,05157#2,43724
1987#2,06553#2,64120
1986#1,95256#2,29024
1985#1,83361#2,42721
1984#1,75162#1,72333
1983#1,70064#3,41112
1982#1,58474#3,10814
1981#1,75464#3,22113
1980#2,09649#3,09814
1979#3,14726#2,66917
1978#3,51221#3,40011
1977#3,61220#3,8369
1976#4,15415#2,94613
1975#4,14115#2,90213
1974#2,75726#2,35817
1973#3,97115#2,21618
1972#4,30013#2,65913
1971#3,50818#2,27917
1970#3,57717#2,50914
1969#3,77414#2,21715
1968#4,22211#3,1078
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1964—#3,6016
1963—#3,6466
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First appearance
1959

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.

Where Christan is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,583 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 35,981 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedHITexas: #1,450 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,653 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Christan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,450 · 1 in 30,653
  2. California#1,583 · 1 in 35,981

Best ever in a state: #547 in Mississippi, 2009.

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California#1,58381 in 35,981
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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 Christan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 1984 at #1,723 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 34 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 36,091
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.2% of all boys named Christan (477) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
  • Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#3,619 (1959)#3,619
1960s35#2,217 (1969)#3,143
1970s142#2,216 (1973)#2,777
1980s205#1,723 (1984)#2,660
1990s366#2,040 (1998)#2,223
2000s477#2,131 (2004)#2,395
2010s293#2,904 (2011)#3,778
2020s54#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 1991

girls
#2,660
45 births · 1 in 41,667 girls
boys
#2,052
36 births · 1 in 56,120 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #2,660Christan45

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #2,052Christan36
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 41,667 of them was named Christan, which outranked 82.8% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christan
  1. #2,620Tyana46
  2. #2,620Yocheved46
  3. #2,620Yuridia46
  4. #2,660Christan45
  5. #2,660Amari45
  6. #2,660Ashten45
  7. #2,660Aviva45
  8. #2,703Abrielle44
  9. #2,703Briauna44
  10. #2,703Brieana44

Tied with 42 names at #2,660; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 56,120 of them was named Christan, which outranked 78.7% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christan
  1. #2,019Wilber37
  2. #2,019Yakov37
  3. #2,019Zachory37
  4. #2,052Christan36
  5. #2,052Aston36
  6. #2,052Cj36
  7. #2,052Darris36
  8. #2,095Ace35
  9. #2,095Alston35
  10. #2,095Amado35

Tied with 42 names at #2,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →