Christian Boy
How popular is Christian?
#96 boy name in 2025
3,641 baby boys were named Christian in the US in 2025, making it the 96th most popular boy name. Another 27 girls got the name (#4,877 for girls).
Christian popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #96 for boys (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,641 boys, 27 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #43 in 2015, #62 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (16,059 boys) |
| Highest rank | #21 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Christian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Christian family of names ranked #106 for boys in 2025 (#88 the year before), with 3,685 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Christian | 3,641 | 99% |
| Khristian | 44 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Christian is most popular
Babies named Christian per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 4.1 per 1,000 (62 boys)
- Mississippi: 4.0 per 1,000 (229 boys)
- New Mexico: 4.0 per 1,000 (131 boys)
- District of Columbia: 3.7 per 1,000 (54 boys)
- Texas: 3.6 per 1,000 (3,213 boys)
Christian by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 486 | #208 |
| 1890s | 404 | #237 |
| 1900s | 321 | #277 |
| 1910s | 1,119 | #404 |
| 1920s | 1,213 | #489 |
| 1930s | 876 | #590 |
| 1940s | 1,529 | #452 |
| 1950s | 3,623 | #323 |
| 1960s | 10,213 | #140 |
| 1970s | 24,902 | #96 |
| 1980s | 30,289 | #78 |
| 1990s | 126,065 | #24 |
| 2000s | 142,433 | #21 |
| 2010s | 84,198 | #29 |
| 2020s | 26,297 | #62 |
Boy names about as popular as Christian
Questions
- Is Christian a boy or girl name?
- Christian is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Christian were boys.
- How popular is the name Christian?
- 3,641 baby boys were named Christian in the US in 2025, making it the 96th most popular boy name. Another 27 girls got the name (#4,877 for girls).
- When was Christian most popular?
- Christian peaked in 2000, when 16,059 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #21 in 2006.
- How many people are named Christian?
- 473,843 babies have been named Christian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 455,009 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Christian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Christian was most common in Delaware, at 4.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.