Boys' name · since 1982
Chistian
219 babies named Chistian in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,395 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chistian sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 219 recorded since 1982.
Chistian has 219 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2011.
- #12,395 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 219 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chistian ranks #12,395 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,395 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chistian's 219 recorded births place it above 72.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Chistian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chistian splits its recorded history at 1994: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chistian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2011
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Chistian by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (111 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Chistian's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Chistian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 111 births (51% of all-time use).
Chistian by state
Where Chistian concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 76 | 34.7% |
76 of 219 births nationwide.
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- Chistian's decade-level peak was the 1990s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chistians (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chistian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chistian draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.