Crist — boys' name

What the Data Says About Crist

The Social Security Administration has registered 847 babies named Crist between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Crist currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Crist performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Crist shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Crist in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Crist 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 847 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.