Boys' name · since 1991
Christyan
Christyan has 298 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 298
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Christyan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 298 have been recorded since 1991.
Christyan has 298 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2022.
- #10,620 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 298 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christyan ranks #10,620 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 298 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 298
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Christyan's 298 recorded births place it above 76.6% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Christyan's full recorded timeline at 2006, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Christyan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Christyan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Christyan as girls' name)
Christyan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (157 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Christyan's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Christyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 59
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
157 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 157 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Christyan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (157 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Christyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1991–2022 (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 Christyan 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.