Cristian
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #362 for boys in 2025, 906 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 2,848 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 69,925since 1960
Cristian over time
Rank among boys' names. Cristian has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #362 | 906 | |
| 2024 | — | #320 | 1,079 | |
| 2023 | — | #325 | 1,030 | |
| 2022 | — | #322 | 1,047 | |
| 2021 | — | #330 | 993 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #332 | 988 |
| 2019 | — | #306 | 1,110 | |
| 2018 | — | #301 | 1,142 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #297 | 1,184 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #297 | 1,214 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #271 | 1,350 |
| 2014 | — | #273 | 1,346 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #234 | 1,537 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #217 | 1,675 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #189 | 2,007 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #182 | 2,069 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #162 | 2,399 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #150 | 2,702 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #139 | 2,918 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #134 | 3,024 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #142 | 2,746 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #139 | 2,856 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #145 | 2,805 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | #146 | 2,685 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 | #150 | 2,630 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | #160 | 2,423 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #158 | 2,341 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | #144 | 2,566 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | #145 | 2,331 |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 | #130 | 2,847 |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | #127 | 2,848 |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | #138 | 2,542 |
| 1993 | #1,922 | 73 | #180 | 1,786 |
| 1992 | #2,275 | 58 | #272 | 1,048 |
| 1991 | #1,740 | 83 | #357 | 670 |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 | #417 | 550 |
| 1989 | #2,147 | 57 | #484 | 391 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | #598 | 245 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #656 | 194 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | #581 | 234 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #646 | 183 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #672 | 167 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | #714 | 145 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #676 | 164 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #804 | 119 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #850 | 108 |
| 1979 | — | #1,100 | 66 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,109 | 62 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #989 | 75 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,123 | 57 |
| 1975 | — | #1,146 | 54 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,115 | 54 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,107 | 54 |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Cristian! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cristian is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#175 · 1 in 759
- District of Columbia#183 · 1 in 639
- California#196 · 1 in 913
- Arizona#208 · 1 in 838
- New Jersey#208 · 1 in 966
Best ever in a state: #56 in California, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #175 | 244 | 1 in 759 |
| District of Columbia | #183 | 7 | 1 in 639 |
| California | #196 | 245 | 1 in 913 |
| Arizona | #208 | 43 | 1 in 838 |
| New Jersey | #208 | 43 | 1 in 966 |
| Washington | #235 | 38 | 1 in 975 |
| Nevada | #254 | 13 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Connecticut | #255 | 11 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Illinois | #255 | 53 | 1 in 1,211 |
| Alabama | #258 | 21 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Florida | #263 | 77 | 1 in 1,272 |
| Maryland | #275 | 21 | 1 in 1,312 |
| New York | #287 | 70 | 1 in 1,429 |
| Oregon | #297 | 15 | 1 in 1,225 |
| New Mexico | #299 | 7 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Oklahoma | #317 | 16 | 1 in 1,267 |
| Kansas | #319 | 12 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Colorado | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,531 |
| Idaho | #349 | 6 | 1 in 1,342 |
| Nebraska | #349 | 7 | 1 in 1,422 |
| North Carolina | #353 | 29 | 1 in 1,792 |
| Virginia | #366 | 22 | 1 in 1,892 |
| South Carolina | #378 | 11 | 1 in 1,928 |
| Massachusetts | #387 | 12 | 1 in 2,453 |
| Wisconsin | #388 | 14 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Arkansas | #403 | 8 | 1 in 1,797 |
| Georgia | #426 | 23 | 1 in 2,338 |
| Tennessee | #428 | 16 | 1 in 2,263 |
| Indiana | #444 | 15 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Utah | #470 | 9 | 1 in 2,331 |
| Minnesota | #510 | 10 | 1 in 2,799 |
| Missouri | #542 | 10 | 1 in 3,161 |
| Michigan | #558 | 14 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Iowa | #572 | 5 | 1 in 3,047 |
| Kentucky | #627 | 5 | 1 in 4,362 |
| Pennsylvania | #643 | 12 | 1 in 4,936 |
| Ohio | #655 | 13 | 1 in 4,563 |
| Louisiana | #722 | 6 | 1 in 4,093 |
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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 Cristian
- 42 spots since 2024 (#320 → #362)
- 30 spots since 2020 (#332 → #362)
- 91 spots since 2015 (#271 → #362)
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1980 (#1,100 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1978 (#989 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1995 at #127 (2,848 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1980–2025
- Highest: 1 in 665 boys born in 1996 were named Cristian (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,885 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #127 in 1995, was only 1 in 668 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.9% of all boys named Cristian (27,188) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72 | #1,492 (1969) | #2,909 |
| 1970s | 509 | #989 (1977) | #1,293 |
| 1980s | 1,950 | #484 (1989) | #668 |
| 1990s | 19,529 | #127 (1995) | #207 |
| 2000s | 27,188 | #134 (2006) | #147 |
| 2010s | 14,634 | #182 (2010) | #257 |
| 2020s | 6,043 | #320 (2024) | #332 |
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.
Cristian in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 253,146 of them was named Cristian, which outranked 31.8% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,781Zuleimy8
- #11,781Zyona8
- #11,781Zyva8
- #12,876Cristian7
- #12,876Aabha7
- #12,876Aadvi7
- #12,876Aagna7
- #14,331Aafiya6
- #14,331Aailyah6
- #14,331Aalina6
Tied with 1,454 names at #12,876; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,563 of them was named Cristian, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.