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.

Christian

#71 most common boys' name of all time · #142 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#71
Rank overall
#142 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
473,843
Since 2016
53,953
Peak year
1996 #24
Best rank
#21 2006
Girls Boys peak 16,544/yr
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Christian is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 27 3,641 3,668 #96
2024 32 4,272 4,304 #77
2023 39 4,158 4,197 #77
2022 50 4,486 4,536 #73
2021 48 4,636 4,684 #71
2020 48 5,104 5,152 #62
2019 72 5,781 5,853 #57
2018 83 6,582 6,665 #54
2017 91 7,025 7,116 #52
2016 104 7,674 7,778 #46
2015 125 8,220 8,345 #43
2014 134 8,480 8,614 #42
2013 135 9,352 9,487 #35
2012 141 9,640 9,781 #33
2011 167 10,334 10,501 #30
2010 157 11,110 11,267 #29
2009 188 12,657 12,845 #23
2008 197 13,069 13,266 #23
2007 217 14,063 14,280 #22
2006 240 14,487 14,727 #21
2005 219 14,210 14,429 #22
2004 304 13,926 14,230 #24
2003 299 13,908 14,207 #25
2002 310 14,597 14,907 #24
2001 400 15,457 15,857 #24
2000 452 16,059 16,511 #22
1999 479 14,783 15,262 #25
1998 528 14,522 15,050 #26
1997 623 15,059 15,682 #25
1996 720 15,824 16,544 #24
1995 738 13,813 14,551 #28
1994 769 11,987 12,756 #35
1993 876 11,891 12,767 #35
1992 987 11,953 12,940 #35
1991 936 9,447 10,383 #48
1990 863 6,786 7,649 #60
1989 764 4,625 5,389 #78
1988 611 3,937 4,548 #86
1987 583 3,324 3,907 #90
1986 547 3,214 3,761 #89
1985 538 2,915 3,453 #101
1984 457 2,726 3,183 #104
1983 364 2,419 2,783 #112
1982 439 2,576 3,015 #114
1981 416 2,235 2,651 #121
1980 358 2,318 2,676 #118
1979 218 2,262 2,480 #120
1978 173 2,208 2,381 #116
1977 159 2,294 2,453 #116
1976 171 2,268 2,439 #112
1975 197 2,463 2,660 #103
1974 257 2,490 2,747 #103
1973 222 2,693 2,915 #97
1972 199 2,962 3,161 #96
1971 210 2,639 2,849 #122
1970 195 2,623 2,818 #127
1969 148 2,194 2,342 #140
1968 113 1,780 1,893 #151
1967 104 1,320 1,424 #186
1966 107 888 995 #237
1965 36 730 766 #275
1964 32 711 743 #294
1963 43 672 715 #300
1962 14 650 664 #305
1961 19 606 625 #319
1960 18 662 680 #301
1959 23 581 604 #323
1958 17 427 444 #377
1957 11 327 338 #427
1956 13 389 402 #382
1955 10 350 360 #385
1954 16 352 368 #379
1953 18 338 356 #373
1952 23 319 342 #385
1951 15 272 287 #414
1950 9 268 277 #412
1949 13 218 231 #453
1948 9 202 211 #468
1947 14 187 201 #494
1946 8 182 190 #477
1945 5 141 146 #503
1944 5 135 140 #524
1943 — 135 135 #542
1942 12 108 120 #607
1941 7 122 129 #532
1940 — 99 99 #598
1939 — 94 94 #601
1938 8 99 107 #594
1937 — 85 85 #639
1936 5 91 96 #611
1935 — 71 71 #727
1934 — 92 92 #624
1933 — 77 77 #668
1932 — 86 86 #657
1931 7 87 94 #634
1930 — 94 94 #633
1929 6 93 99 #634
1928 6 114 120 #578
1927 6 112 118 #584
1926 6 113 119 #585
1925 — 105 105 #612
1924 6 125 131 #569
1923 5 116 121 #584
1922 12 160 172 #489
1921 12 132 144 #543
1920 7 143 150 #507
1919 — 125 125 #532
1918 — 155 155 #474
1917 8 149 157 #467
1916 5 154 159 #453
1915 7 151 158 #445
1914 5 122 127 #437
1913 — 91 91 #452
1912 — 91 91 #405
1911 5 41 46 #457
1910 — 40 40 #431
1909 — 29 29 #473
1908 — 29 29 #457
1907 — 32 32 #397
1906 — 33 33 #366
1905 — 26 26 #422
1904 — 30 30 #370
1903 — 36 36 #314
1902 — 33 33 #339
1901 — 38 38 #281
1900 — 35 35 #376
1899 — 42 42 #261
1898 5 30 35 #353
1897 — 39 39 #289
1896 — 36 36 #312
1895 — 53 53 #246
1894 — 40 40 #279
1893 — 39 39 #281
1892 — 42 42 #280
1891 — 34 34 #279
1890 5 49 54 #241
1889 6 51 57 #228
1888 — 51 51 #243
1887 — 47 47 #237
1886 5 33 38 #299
1885 — 55 55 #219
1884 — 54 54 #232
1883 — 50 50 #218
1882 — 49 49 #241
1881 — 53 53 #210
1880 — 43 43 #254