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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #65 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 197 boysAKMaine: #91 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 306 boysMEVermont: #89 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 261 boysVTNew Hampshire: #86 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 287 boysNHWashington: #44 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 182 boysWAIdaho: #48 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 190 boysIDMontana: #73 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 217 boysMTNorth Dakota: #49 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 156 boysNDMinnesota: #66 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 242 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 540 births · 1 in 143 boysILWisconsin: #51 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 183 boysWIMichigan: #34 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 145 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 903 births · 1 in 121 boysNYMassachusetts: #46 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 171 boysMARhode Island: #30 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 91 boysRIOregon: #44 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 170 boysORNevada: #14 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 101 boysNVWyoming: #71 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 199 boysWYSouth Dakota: #62 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 192 boysSDIowa: #55 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 195 boysIAIndiana: #42 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 158 boysINOhio: #49 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 176 boysOHPennsylvania: #32 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 136 boysPANew Jersey: #21 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 112 boysNJConnecticut: #24 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 106 boysCTCalifornia: #18 for boys · 2,207 births · 1 in 118 boysCAUtah: #45 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 191 boysUTColorado: #38 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 166 boysCONebraska: #46 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 161 boysNEMissouri: #29 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 134 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 133 boysKYWest Virginia: #35 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 122 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 425 births · 1 in 103 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 108 boysMDDelaware: #18 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 86 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 121 boysAZNew Mexico: #38 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 146 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 163 boysKSArkansas: #20 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 119 boysARTennessee: #21 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 116 boysTNNorth Carolina: #18 for boys · 480 births · 1 in 114 boysNCSouth Carolina: #19 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 113 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 126 boysDCOklahoma: #17 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 129 boysOKLouisiana: #11 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 101 boysLAMississippi: #19 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 121 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 117 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 108 boysGAHawaii: #16 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 100 boysHITexas: #11 for boys · 1,725 births · 1 in 108 boysTXFlorida: #11 for boys · 1,021 births · 1 in 101 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#11 · 1 in 101
  2. Florida#11 · 1 in 101
  3. Texas#11 · 1 in 108
  4. Georgia#13 · 1 in 108
  5. Nevada#14 · 1 in 101

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#111,0211 in 101
Louisiana#112491 in 101
Texas#111,7251 in 108
Georgia#135791 in 108
Nevada#141541 in 101
Hawaii#16511 in 100
Oklahoma#171671 in 129
Virginia#174251 in 103
California#182,2071 in 118
Delaware#18461 in 86
North Carolina#184801 in 114
Arizona#193731 in 121
Mississippi#191331 in 121
South Carolina#192001 in 113
Arkansas#201311 in 119
Maryland#202801 in 108
Alabama#212161 in 117
New Jersey#214221 in 112
Tennessee#213231 in 116
Connecticut#241591 in 106
New York#259031 in 121
Illinois#265401 in 143
District of Columbia#27371 in 126
Missouri#292611 in 134
Rhode Island#30531 in 91
Pennsylvania#324761 in 136
Kentucky#331801 in 133
Michigan#343741 in 145
West Virginia#35721 in 122
Colorado#381821 in 166
New Mexico#38781 in 146
Indiana#422461 in 158
Kansas#431031 in 163
Oregon#441201 in 170
Washington#442001 in 182
Utah#451221 in 191
Massachusetts#461931 in 171
Nebraska#46661 in 161
Idaho#48481 in 190
North Dakota#49221 in 156
Ohio#493781 in 176
Wisconsin#511631 in 183
Iowa#55871 in 195
South Dakota#62221 in 192
Alaska#65171 in 197
Minnesota#661271 in 242
Wyoming#71111 in 199
Montana#73201 in 217
New Hampshire#86191 in 287
Vermont#8981 in 261
Maine#91181 in 306

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 2006

girls
#1,063
240 births · 1 in 7,922 girls
boys
#21
14,487 births · 1 in 142 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,063Christian240

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #21Christian14,487
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 7,922 of them was named Christian, which outranked 94.7% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christian
  1. #1,060Ali241
  2. #1,060Celine241
  3. #1,060Deasia241
  4. #1,063Christian240
  5. #1,063Caylee240
  6. #1,063Lillianna240
  7. #1,066Keila239
  8. #1,066Unique239
  9. #1,068Carleigh238

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 142 of them was named Christian, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christian
  1. #18Tyler15,550
  2. #19John15,177
  3. #20Logan15,151
  4. #21Christian14,487
  5. #22Jonathan14,387
  6. #23Nathan14,278
  7. #24Benjamin13,766
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →