Meaning not yet researched.
Christ: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 34 in 2025. Its best rank was #363 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #363 in 1881; #3,392 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Christ in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,392 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #363.
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Christ: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 34 boys in 2025. Peak: #363 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 69 (1923).
In 2025, 34 US boys were named Christ, making it the 3,392nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 233 places from #3,625 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 31 boys named Christ in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #363, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 69, in 1923. For comparison, it was #3,092 in 2015 and #1,623 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Christ in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 15 babies with the name. In all, 4,029 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 565 babies named Christ.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 280 US boys were named Christ; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 35. In 2025 that was about 1 in 50,238 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Chris (170,417 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Christo and Christe are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Christo (628), Christe (331).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Christ in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2024 | — | — | 31 | #3,625 |
| 2023 | — | — | 25 | #4,244 |
| 2022 | — | — | 28 | #3,904 |
| 2021 | — | — | 21 | #4,657 |
| 2020 | — | — | 18 | #5,074 |
| 2019 | — | — | 27 | #3,912 |
| 2018 | — | — | 29 | #3,722 |
| 2017 | — | — | 32 | #3,456 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,813 | 35 | #3,242 |
| 2015 | — | — | 37 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | — | — | 23 | #4,286 |
| 2013 | — | — | 30 | #3,512 |
| 2012 | — | — | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2011 | — | — | 46 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | — | — | 28 | #3,727 |
| 2009 | — | — | 40 | #2,957 |
| 2008 | — | — | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2007 | — | — | 38 | #3,034 |
| 2006 | — | — | 38 | #2,942 |
| 2005 | — | — | 32 | #3,181 |
| 2004 | — | — | 30 | #3,229 |
| 2003 | — | — | 37 | #2,680 |
| 2002 | — | — | 36 | #2,646 |
| 2001 | — | — | 35 | #2,694 |
| 2000 | — | — | 37 | #2,536 |
| 1999 | — | — | 24 | #3,294 |
| 1998 | — | — | 26 | #3,031 |
| 1997 | — | — | 21 | #3,368 |
| 1996 | — | — | 26 | #2,846 |
| 1995 | — | — | 30 | #2,518 |
| 1994 | — | — | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1993 | — | — | 22 | #3,061 |
| 1992 | — | — | 28 | #2,547 |
| 1991 | — | — | 11 | #4,813 |
| 1990 | — | — | 19 | #3,189 |
| 1989 | — | — | 26 | #2,487 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,380 |
| 1987 | — | — | 25 | #2,281 |
| 1986 | — | — | 11 | #3,922 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,516 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,845 |
| 1983 | — | — | 21 | #2,347 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,802 | 23 | #2,215 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,691 |
| 1980 | — | — | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1979 | — | — | 27 | #1,952 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,027 | 18 | #2,492 |
| 1977 | — | — | 27 | #1,865 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,563 | 23 | #2,059 |
| 1975 | — | — | 21 | #2,142 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,699 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,648 | 31 | #1,553 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,440 | 33 | #1,476 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,550 | 26 | #1,750 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,805 |
| 1969 | — | — | 25 | #1,647 |
| 1968 | — | — | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1967 | — | — | 31 | #1,367 |
| 1966 | — | — | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,923 | 35 | #1,296 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,924 | 36 | #1,312 |
| 1963 | — | — | 36 | #1,308 |
| 1962 | — | — | 30 | #1,426 |
| 1961 | — | — | 34 | #1,372 |
| 1960 | — | — | 28 | #1,529 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,246 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1957 | — | — | 23 | #1,679 |
| 1956 | — | — | 26 | #1,540 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,733 |
| 1954 | — | — | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1953 | — | — | 32 | #1,336 |
| 1952 | — | — | 32 | #1,326 |
| 1951 | — | — | 20 | #1,688 |
| 1950 | — | — | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1949 | — | — | 25 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | — | — | 24 | #1,492 |
| 1947 | — | — | 26 | #1,455 |
| 1946 | — | — | 17 | #1,773 |
| 1945 | — | — | 19 | #1,543 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,535 |
| 1943 | — | — | 18 | #1,709 |
| 1942 | — | — | 25 | #1,388 |
| 1941 | — | — | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1940 | — | — | 21 | #1,479 |
| 1939 | — | — | 28 | #1,242 |
| 1938 | — | — | 27 | #1,277 |
| 1937 | — | — | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,329 |
| 1935 | — | — | 41 | #995 |
| 1934 | — | — | 36 | #1,096 |
| 1933 | — | — | 22 | #1,463 |
| 1932 | — | — | 29 | #1,260 |
| 1931 | — | — | 46 | #975 |
| 1930 | — | — | 51 | #946 |
| 1929 | — | — | 49 | #961 |
| 1928 | — | — | 68 | #787 |
| 1927 | — | — | 55 | #930 |
| 1926 | — | — | 49 | #984 |
| 1925 | — | — | 65 | #825 |
| 1924 | — | — | 56 | #937 |
| 1923 | — | — | 69 | #804 |
| 1922 | — | — | 61 | #884 |
| 1921 | — | — | 45 | #1,048 |
| 1920 | — | — | 48 | #990 |
| 1919 | — | — | 51 | #939 |
| 1918 | — | — | 58 | #872 |
| 1917 | — | — | 61 | #808 |
| 1916 | — | — | 40 | #1,015 |
| 1915 | — | — | 39 | #1,019 |
| 1914 | — | — | 29 | #1,058 |
| 1913 | — | — | 26 | #973 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #940 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,052 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,131 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #960 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,242 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #744 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #719 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,121 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #983 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #660 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #658 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #688 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #795 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #725 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #614 |
| 1897 | — | — | 17 | #481 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #785 |
| 1895 | — | — | 17 | #492 |
| 1894 | — | — | 24 | #378 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #514 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #426 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #400 |
| 1890 | — | — | 20 | #406 |
| 1889 | — | — | 20 | #405 |
| 1888 | — | — | 17 | #467 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #464 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #457 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #365 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #491 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #435 |
| 1882 | — | — | 23 | #370 |
| 1881 | — | — | 21 | #363 |
| 1880 | — | — | 15 | #467 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).