Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Christan**

#2,464 most common boys' name of all time · #5,948 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1952–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,464
Rank overall
#5,948 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
2,944
Since 2016
145
Peak year
1984 #1,744
Best rank
#1,744 1984
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
1960198020002020

Christan first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,043
2024 — 8 8 #9,144
2023 — 13 13 #6,599
2022 — 12 12 #6,912
2021 — 6 6 #11,002
2020 — 7 7 #9,718
2019 — 21 21 #4,673
2018 — 16 16 #5,592
2017 — 24 24 #4,253
2016 — 30 30 #3,623
2015 — 30 30 #3,614
2014 — 27 27 #3,810
2013 — 34 34 #3,211
2012 5 33 38 #3,317
2011 — 40 40 #2,916
2010 6 38 44 #3,032
2009 7 49 56 #2,564
2008 9 44 53 #2,765
2007 11 40 51 #2,937
2006 6 54 60 #2,320
2005 8 55 63 #2,191
2004 15 55 70 #2,141
2003 10 49 59 #2,215
2002 13 39 52 #2,522
2001 12 45 57 #2,254
2000 22 47 69 #2,154
1999 32 46 78 #2,080
1998 30 46 76 #2,049
1997 38 42 80 #2,114
1996 33 33 66 #2,401
1995 52 36 88 #2,224
1994 37 29 66 #2,581
1993 39 38 77 #2,108
1992 47 33 80 #2,274
1991 45 36 81 #2,075
1990 56 27 83 #2,522
1989 65 30 95 #2,272
1988 57 24 81 #2,476
1987 53 20 73 #2,679
1986 56 24 80 #2,329
1985 61 21 82 #2,473
1984 62 33 95 #1,744
1983 64 12 76 #3,525
1982 74 14 88 #3,209
1981 64 13 77 #3,317
1980 49 14 63 #3,184
1979 26 17 43 #2,738
1978 21 11 32 #3,513
1977 20 9 29 #3,993
1976 15 13 28 #3,022
1975 15 13 28 #3,003
1974 26 17 43 #2,431
1973 15 18 33 #2,280
1972 13 13 26 #2,764
1971 18 17 35 #2,340
1970 17 14 31 #2,595
1969 14 15 29 #2,294
1968 11 8 19 #3,291
1965 5 — 5 —
1964 — 6 6 #3,943
1963 — 6 6 #3,959
1962 6 — 6 —
1959 — 6 6 #3,933
1952 6 — 6 —