Christ
Christ was given to 34 boys in 2025, #3,391 among boys’ names; 4,029 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,050 Americans named Christ and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (51% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 17 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Christ by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Christ?
#3,391 among boys’ names, 2025
Christ fell from #3,091 in 2015 to #3,391 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 19.3 to 19.9 per million.
69 babies in 1923, the peak
Christ peaked in 1923, when 69 boys were given it, #804 among boys’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 49% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,391 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,623 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,240 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,901 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,653 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,070 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,909 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,718 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,452 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,241 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | #3,091 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,283 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,510 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,546 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,636 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,726 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,956 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,889 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,032 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,941 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,177 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,225 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,676 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,642 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,689 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,531 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,290 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,028 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,363 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,841 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,513 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,767 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,055 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,541 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,806 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,183 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,481 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,375 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,277 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,918 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,514 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,844 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,346 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,214 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,689 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,376 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,952 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,491 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,865 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,058 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,141 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,749 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,804 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,646 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,900 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,366 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,759 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,296 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,307 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,425 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,528 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,362 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,648 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,678 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,539 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,732 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,362 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,335 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,325 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,687 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,622 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,467 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,491 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,454 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,772 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,542 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,534 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,708 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,388 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,494 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,277 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,124 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,329 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 41 | #995 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,096 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,260 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 46 | #975 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 51 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 49 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 68 | #787 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 55 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 49 | #984 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 65 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 56 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 69 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 61 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 48 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 51 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 58 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 61 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,019 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 26 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 23 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,051 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,130 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 10 | #960 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,241 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 13 | #744 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 12 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 7 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 12 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 12 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 10 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 11 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 9 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 13 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 17 | #481 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 9 | #785 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 17 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 24 | #378 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 14 | #514 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 20 | #426 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 19 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 20 | #406 | 0.18 |
| 1889 | 20 | #405 | 0.18 |
| 1888 | 17 | #467 | 0.14 |
| 1887 | 14 | #464 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 16 | #457 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 23 | #365 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 15 | #491 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 17 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 23 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1881 | 21 | #363 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 15 | #467 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Christ a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,029 Americans recorded as Christ, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 34 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Christ: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Christ, and how old are they?
2,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 51% of the 4,029 Americans ever recorded as Christ. The median Christ alive today is 35 years old; half are between 17 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 2,742 people named Christ (314 women and girls, 2,428 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,063 born in the U.S. The Census count is 33% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Christ rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 86 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 356 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 388 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 316 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 530 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 372 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Christ born?
The states with the most babies named Christ are Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York, with 72% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 418 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 397 | #1,124 | 1.8× |
| New York | 135 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Dakota | 83 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| California | 68 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Florida | 68 | #1,503 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 66 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Wisconsin | 48 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 27 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Minnesota | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Christ is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Christ is most over-represented in Illinois: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Christ with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Christ
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Christ and names like it
- Compare Christ and NelsBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sChrist peaked in 1923.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Christ since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Christ.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Christ alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.