Chistian — boys' name
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.
The verdict
219 boys have been named Chistian since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2011.
- 219
- total births
- 1982–2011
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Chistian was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Chistian in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chistian
The Social Security Administration has registered 219 babies named Chistian between 1982 and 2011, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chistian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chistian performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chistian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 76 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chistian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chistian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 219 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chistian at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chistian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1982
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
219 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 19 births in a single year.
Chistian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 111 births that decade — 51% of Chistian's all-time total
Chistian decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chistian's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 34.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 34.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.