Christiaan
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 43 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 886since 1964
Christiaan over time
Rank among boys' names. Christiaan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,544 | 27 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
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| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Christiaan! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Christiaan is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#647 · 1 in 18,792
- Texas#952 · 1 in 19,088
- California#1,015 · 1 in 25,481
Best ever in a state: #647 in Pennsylvania, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #647 | 5 | 1 in 18,792 |
| Texas | #952 | 6 | 1 in 19,088 |
| California | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 25,481 |
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See more about Christiaan
- 180 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #9,714)
- 970 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #9,714)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1968 at #1,147 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,418 boys born in 1968 were named Christiaan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.3% of all boys named Christiaan (233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82 | #1,147 (1968) | #2,274 |
| 1970s | 233 | #1,260 (1970) | #2,077 |
| 1980s | 135 | #2,226 (1985) | #3,244 |
| 1990s | 193 | #2,544 (1991) | #3,523 |
| 2000s | 148 | #4,062 (2005) | #5,736 |
| 2010s | 74 | #6,603 (2013) | #8,850 |
| 2020s | 21 | #9,714 (2025) | #9,790 |
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.
Christiaan in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 43,215 of them was named Christiaan, which outranked 76.8% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,253Kwame44
- #1,253Michal44
- #1,253Odis44
- #1,260Christiaan43
- #1,260Abdul43
- #1,260Alain43
- #1,260Benedict43
- #1,278Abram42
- #1,278Darold42
- #1,278Davie42
Tied with 17 names at #1,260; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.