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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #21, 2006boys
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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#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.

Where Christian is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #27 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 98 boysAKMaine: #47 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 162 boysMEVermont: #69 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 214 boysVTNew Hampshire: #43 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 155 boysNHWashington: #32 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 131 boysWAIdaho: #38 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 149 boysIDMontana: #41 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 138 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 160 boysNDMinnesota: #63 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 230 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 590 births · 1 in 136 boysILWisconsin: #51 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 210 boysWIMichigan: #39 for boys · 355 births · 1 in 168 boysMINew York: #26 for boys · 984 births · 1 in 117 boysNYMassachusetts: #38 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 136 boysMARhode Island: #33 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 104 boysRIOregon: #30 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 124 boysORNevada: #14 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 81 boysNVWyoming: #37 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 128 boysWYSouth Dakota: #54 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 181 boysSDIowa: #45 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 151 boysIAIndiana: #38 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 150 boysINOhio: #41 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 164 boysOHPennsylvania: #34 for boys · 478 births · 1 in 140 boysPANew Jersey: #27 for boys · 475 births · 1 in 102 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 116 boysCTCalifornia: #17 for boys · 2,353 births · 1 in 103 boysCAUtah: #24 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 120 boysUTColorado: #32 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 144 boysCONebraska: #31 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 111 boysNEMissouri: #41 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 146 boysMOKentucky: #40 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 140 boysKYWest Virginia: #38 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 133 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 125 boysVAMaryland: #39 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 155 boysMDDelaware: #44 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 149 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 129 boysAZNew Mexico: #24 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 120 boysNMKansas: #34 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 131 boysKSArkansas: #32 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 128 boysARTennessee: #30 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 120 boysTNNorth Carolina: #24 for boys · 471 births · 1 in 103 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 125 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #22 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 88 boysDCOklahoma: #22 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 104 boysOKLouisiana: #19 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 97 boysLAMississippi: #28 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 130 boysMSAlabama: #22 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 109 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 513 births · 1 in 101 boysGAHawaii: #4 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 62 boysHITexas: #13 for boys · 1,605 births · 1 in 100 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 885 births · 1 in 98 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#4 · 1 in 62
  2. Texas#13 · 1 in 100
  3. Nevada#14 · 1 in 81
  4. California#17 · 1 in 103
  5. Louisiana#19 · 1 in 97

Best ever in a state: #4 in Hawaii, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#4831 in 62
Texas#131,6051 in 100
Nevada#141401 in 81
California#172,3531 in 103
Louisiana#192801 in 97
Georgia#215131 in 101
Alabama#222311 in 109
District of Columbia#22561 in 88
Florida#228851 in 98
Oklahoma#221981 in 104
New Mexico#24901 in 120
North Carolina#244711 in 103
Utah#241641 in 120
Arizona#262701 in 129
New York#269841 in 117
Alaska#27341 in 98
New Jersey#274751 in 102
Mississippi#281181 in 130
South Carolina#281641 in 125
Illinois#305901 in 136
Oregon#301611 in 124
Tennessee#303011 in 120
Connecticut#311601 in 116
Nebraska#31901 in 111
Arkansas#321131 in 128
Colorado#321821 in 144
Virginia#323181 in 125
Washington#322631 in 131
Rhode Island#33521 in 104
Kansas#341201 in 131
Pennsylvania#344781 in 140
Wyoming#37151 in 128
Idaho#38511 in 149
Indiana#382531 in 150
Massachusetts#382691 in 136
West Virginia#38671 in 133
Maryland#391841 in 155
Michigan#393551 in 168
Kentucky#401671 in 140
Missouri#412371 in 146
Montana#41291 in 138
Ohio#414281 in 164
New Hampshire#43391 in 155
Delaware#44261 in 149
Iowa#451081 in 151
Maine#47351 in 162
Wisconsin#511381 in 210
North Dakota#52221 in 160
South Dakota#54221 in 181
Minnesota#631241 in 230
Vermont#69111 in 214

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 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 1998

girls
#483
528 births · 1 in 3,346 girls
boys
#26
14,522 births · 1 in 132 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #483Christian528

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #26Christian14,522
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 3,346 of them was named Christian, which outranked 97.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christian
  1. #480Candace535
  2. #481Hallie534
  3. #482Nikki530
  4. #483Christian528
  5. #484Alma527
  6. #485Robyn526
  7. #486Aileen525
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 132 of them was named Christian, which outranked 99.8% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christian
  1. #23Robert15,527
  2. #24Kyle15,277
  3. #25Dylan14,540
  4. #26Christian14,522
  5. #27Jordan14,410
  6. #28Samuel13,912
  7. #29Noah13,415
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →