Christian — #77 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Christian

The Social Security Administration has registered 450,258 babies named Christian between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christian currently holds the #77 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 16,057 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 142,423 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Christian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73,521 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Christian in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christian 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 450,258 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.