Meaning not yet researched.
Christian: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,641 in 2025. Its best rank was #21 in 2006.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #21 in 2006; #96 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Christian in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#96 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2006, at #21.
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Christian: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,641 boys in 2025. Peak: #21 in 2006 · most boys in one year: 16,059 (2000).
In 2025, 3,641 US boys were named Christian, making it the 96th most common boys’ name of the year, down 19 places from #77 in 2024. That is 631 fewer than the 4,272 boys named Christian in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #21, reached in 2006. The most boys given the name in a single year was 16,059, in 2000. For comparison, it was #43 in 2015 and #412 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Christian in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 43 babies with the name. In all, 473,843 US babies have been given the name, 4.2% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 145,259 babies named Christian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 53,359 US boys were named Christian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 7,674. In 2025 that was about 1 in 469 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Christian ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #47 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 17 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Cristian (71,051 babies since 1880), Kristian (27,634 babies since 1880), Christen (13,706 babies since 1880) and Cristiano (3,898 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Christiaan, Chrystian and Christyan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Chris and Kit.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Christiaan (886), Chrystian (851), Christyan (303), Kristjan (225), Christean (167), Khrystian (130), Kristiano (73), Christyann (68), Christhian (52), Kristijan (33), Chrystan (11), Christieann (6), and more.
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 45 | #47 | #11 |
| Georgia | 159 | #64 | #24 |
| Texas | 560 | #68 | #27 |
| New Jersey | 124 | #71 | #33 |
| Connecticut | 50 | #72 | #43 |
| California | 508 | #73 | #41 |
| Maryland | 71 | #77 | #48 |
| North Carolina | 152 | #77 | #38 |
| Delaware | 13 | #79 | #30 |
| Nevada | 35 | #83 | #32 |
| South Carolina | 59 | #85 | #35 |
| Illinois | 132 | #88 | #43 |
| Florida | 240 | #88 | #23 |
| Alaska | 9 | #88 | #96 |
| Arizona | 92 | #92 | #40 |
| New York | 188 | #94 | #41 |
| Michigan | 95 | #98 | #40 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #101 | #49 |
| Louisiana | 49 | #101 | #26 |
| New Mexico | 19 | #102 | #46 |
| Hawaii | 9 | #109 | #22 |
| Pennsylvania | 110 | #114 | #52 |
| Tennessee | 80 | #117 | #51 |
| Idaho | 21 | #118 | #87 |
| Washington | 67 | #118 | #77 |
| Alabama | 44 | #121 | #42 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | #125 | #44 |
| Arkansas | 28 | #127 | #56 |
| Virginia | 68 | #130 | #37 |
| Massachusetts | 54 | #131 | #57 |
| Kansas | 28 | #137 | #80 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | #138 | #66 |
| West Virginia | 14 | #142 | #75 |
| Missouri | 48 | #146 | #61 |
| Colorado | 48 | #149 | #93 |
| Oregon | 27 | #154 | #116 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #154 | #116 |
| Ohio | 90 | #154 | #70 |
| Wisconsin | 41 | #155 | #81 |
| Kentucky | 33 | #166 | #51 |
| Utah | 32 | #170 | #78 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #173 | #117 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #175 | #66 |
| Indiana | 48 | #176 | #82 |
| Iowa | 21 | #194 | #82 |
| Minnesota | 31 | #209 | #101 |
| Maine | 6 | #210 | #162 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,901 | 3,641 | #96 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,407 | 4,272 | #77 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,851 | 4,158 | #77 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,230 | 4,486 | #73 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,309 | 4,636 | #71 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,234 | 5,104 | #62 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,458 | 5,781 | #57 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,225 | 6,582 | #54 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,115 | 7,025 | #52 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,933 | 7,674 | #46 |
| 2015 | 125 | #1,698 | 8,220 | #43 |
| 2014 | 134 | #1,606 | 8,480 | #42 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,588 | 9,352 | #35 |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,554 | 9,640 | #33 |
| 2011 | 167 | #1,376 | 10,334 | #30 |
| 2010 | 157 | #1,445 | 11,110 | #29 |
| 2009 | 188 | #1,289 | 12,657 | #23 |
| 2008 | 197 | #1,266 | 13,069 | #23 |
| 2007 | 217 | #1,173 | 14,063 | #22 |
| 2006 | 240 | #1,064 | 14,487 | #21 |
| 2005 | 219 | #1,088 | 14,210 | #22 |
| 2004 | 304 | #822 | 13,926 | #24 |
| 2003 | 299 | #822 | 13,908 | #25 |
| 2002 | 310 | #773 | 14,597 | #24 |
| 2001 | 400 | #625 | 15,457 | #24 |
| 2000 | 452 | #577 | 16,059 | #22 |
| 1999 | 479 | #529 | 14,783 | #25 |
| 1998 | 528 | #483 | 14,522 | #26 |
| 1997 | 623 | #421 | 15,059 | #25 |
| 1996 | 720 | #374 | 15,824 | #24 |
| 1995 | 738 | #356 | 13,813 | #28 |
| 1994 | 769 | #346 | 11,987 | #35 |
| 1993 | 876 | #305 | 11,891 | #35 |
| 1992 | 987 | #280 | 11,953 | #35 |
| 1991 | 936 | #297 | 9,447 | #48 |
| 1990 | 863 | #316 | 6,786 | #60 |
| 1989 | 764 | #331 | 4,625 | #78 |
| 1988 | 611 | #393 | 3,937 | #86 |
| 1987 | 583 | #393 | 3,324 | #90 |
| 1986 | 547 | #406 | 3,214 | #89 |
| 1985 | 538 | #414 | 2,915 | #101 |
| 1984 | 457 | #454 | 2,726 | #104 |
| 1983 | 364 | #522 | 2,419 | #112 |
| 1982 | 439 | #476 | 2,576 | #114 |
| 1981 | 416 | #491 | 2,235 | #121 |
| 1980 | 358 | #528 | 2,318 | #118 |
| 1979 | 218 | #744 | 2,262 | #120 |
| 1978 | 173 | #855 | 2,208 | #116 |
| 1977 | 159 | #891 | 2,294 | #116 |
| 1976 | 171 | #811 | 2,268 | #112 |
| 1975 | 197 | #738 | 2,463 | #103 |
| 1974 | 257 | #607 | 2,490 | #103 |
| 1973 | 222 | #672 | 2,693 | #97 |
| 1972 | 199 | #720 | 2,962 | #96 |
| 1971 | 210 | #722 | 2,639 | #122 |
| 1970 | 195 | #755 | 2,623 | #127 |
| 1969 | 148 | #856 | 2,194 | #140 |
| 1968 | 113 | #978 | 1,780 | #151 |
| 1967 | 104 | #1,004 | 1,320 | #186 |
| 1966 | 107 | #989 | 888 | #237 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,916 | 730 | #275 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,111 | 711 | #294 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,759 | 672 | #299 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,456 | 650 | #305 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,855 | 606 | #319 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,915 | 662 | #301 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,409 | 581 | #323 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,876 | 427 | #377 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,730 | 327 | #427 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,367 | 389 | #382 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,823 | 350 | #385 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,796 | 352 | #379 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,529 | 338 | #373 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,137 | 319 | #385 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,714 | 272 | #414 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,714 | 268 | #412 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,865 | 218 | #453 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,637 | 202 | #469 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,786 | 187 | #492 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,720 | 182 | #477 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,668 | 141 | #503 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,680 | 135 | #524 |
| 1943 | — | — | 135 | #542 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,691 | 108 | #607 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,629 | 122 | #532 |
| 1940 | — | — | 99 | #598 |
| 1939 | — | — | 94 | #601 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,230 | 99 | #592 |
| 1937 | — | — | 85 | #640 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,294 | 91 | #611 |
| 1935 | — | — | 71 | #725 |
| 1934 | — | — | 92 | #624 |
| 1933 | — | — | 77 | #671 |
| 1932 | — | — | 86 | #658 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,546 | 87 | #634 |
| 1930 | — | — | 94 | #632 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,152 | 93 | #634 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,277 | 114 | #581 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,388 | 112 | #584 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,398 | 113 | #587 |
| 1925 | — | — | 105 | #612 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,551 | 125 | #568 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,085 | 116 | #583 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,808 | 160 | #490 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,796 | 132 | #544 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,036 | 143 | #508 |
| 1919 | — | — | 125 | #531 |
| 1918 | — | — | 155 | #474 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,401 | 149 | #467 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,534 | 154 | #452 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,495 | 151 | #445 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,719 | 122 | #437 |
| 1913 | — | — | 91 | #451 |
| 1912 | — | — | 91 | #404 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,535 | 41 | #457 |
| 1910 | — | — | 40 | #432 |
| 1909 | — | — | 29 | #475 |
| 1908 | — | — | 29 | #454 |
| 1907 | — | — | 32 | #396 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #364 |
| 1905 | — | — | 26 | #422 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #370 |
| 1903 | — | — | 36 | #312 |
| 1902 | — | — | 33 | #338 |
| 1901 | — | — | 38 | #278 |
| 1900 | — | — | 35 | #377 |
| 1899 | — | — | 42 | #258 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,746 | 30 | #351 |
| 1897 | — | — | 39 | #288 |
| 1896 | — | — | 36 | #312 |
| 1895 | — | — | 53 | #245 |
| 1894 | — | — | 40 | #278 |
| 1893 | — | — | 39 | #279 |
| 1892 | — | — | 42 | #279 |
| 1891 | — | — | 34 | #277 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,367 | 49 | #238 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,166 | 51 | #227 |
| 1888 | — | — | 51 | #244 |
| 1887 | — | — | 47 | #233 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,134 | 33 | #299 |
| 1885 | — | — | 55 | #218 |
| 1884 | — | — | 54 | #231 |
| 1883 | — | — | 50 | #218 |
| 1882 | — | — | 49 | #238 |
| 1881 | — | — | 53 | #208 |
| 1880 | — | — | 43 | #253 |
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).