Christion — boys' name
1,196 babies named Christion in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Christion was born in this single decade.
139 babies were named Christion in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christion
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,196 babies named Christion between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christion currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 139 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christion performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 555 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Christion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Christion in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christion 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 1,196 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.
Christion at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christion popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1979
- Peak year (1998)
- 139
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
1,196 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 139 births in a single year.
Christion popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 1998 (Christion as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Christion accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Christion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 555 births that decade — 46% of Christion's all-time total
Christion decade highlights
- Peak decade 555 births
- Runner-up 406 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Christion's strongest decade
555 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Christion by state
Where Christion concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 72 | 6.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 45 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 37 | 3.1% |
| #4 | California | | 36 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 24 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 20 | 1.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 19 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 17 | 1.4% |
72 of 1,196 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.1% of nationwide
- California 3.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Christion appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2023 (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.