Cristian — #320 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cristian

The Social Security Administration has registered 69,011 babies named Cristian between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cristian currently holds the #320 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 3,023 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27,186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cristian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19,349 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristian in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristian 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 69,011 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.