Cristiano — #1125 US boys' name
3,745 babies named Cristiano in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Cristiano was born in this single decade.
267 babies were named Cristiano in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cristiano
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,745 babies named Cristiano between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cristiano currently holds the #1125 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 267 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristiano performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cristiano shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 726 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristiano in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cristiano 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 3,745 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.
Cristiano at a glance
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Current rank
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Cristiano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2015)
- 267
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #1125 among boys.
3,745 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 267 births in a single year.
Cristiano by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,246 births that decade — 60% of Cristiano's all-time total
Cristiano decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,246 births
- Runner-up 944 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cristiano's strongest decade
2,246 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Cristiano by state
Where Cristiano concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 726 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 493 | 13.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 261 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 232 | 6.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 174 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 140 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 133 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 72 | 1.9% |
726 of 3,745 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.4% of nationwide
- Texas 13.2% of nationwide
- New York 7.0% of nationwide
- Florida 6.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cristiano appears in 25 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, 1989–2024 (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.