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.

Christon*

#3,802 most common boys' name of all time · #9,264 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1951–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,802
Rank overall
#9,264 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,470
Since 2016
155
Peak year
1998 #2,138
Best rank
#1,858 1985
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
1960198020002020

Christon first appears in 1951. 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 — 10 10 #7,779
2024 — 8 8 #9,141
2023 — 16 16 #5,709
2022 — 11 11 #7,356
2021 — 18 18 #5,166
2020 — 12 12 #6,711
2019 — 16 16 #5,618
2018 — 21 21 #4,639
2017 — 19 19 #4,963
2016 — 24 24 #4,229
2015 — 25 25 #4,109
2014 — 30 30 #3,551
2013 — 12 12 #6,686
2012 — 18 18 #5,083
2011 — 14 14 #6,007
2010 — 16 16 #5,543
2009 — 25 25 #4,071
2008 — 17 17 #5,288
2007 — 26 26 #3,924
2006 — 23 23 #4,131
2005 — 25 25 #3,739
2004 — 28 28 #3,397
2003 — 30 30 #3,145
2002 — 24 24 #3,587
2001 — 28 28 #3,172
2000 — 21 21 #3,820
1999 7 29 36 #2,900
1998 8 43 51 #2,138
1997 — 27 27 #2,864
1996 — 29 29 #2,630
1995 — 21 21 #3,243
1994 5 22 27 #3,149
1993 5 24 29 #2,899
1992 10 31 41 #2,391
1991 7 32 39 #2,261
1990 9 35 44 #2,102
1989 16 28 44 #2,385
1988 9 14 23 #3,605
1987 10 32 42 #1,960
1986 — 33 33 #1,859
1985 9 32 41 #1,858
1984 12 25 37 #2,129
1983 13 16 29 #2,852
1982 15 18 33 #2,658
1981 30 18 48 #2,627
1980 12 23 35 #2,259
1979 6 12 18 #3,468
1978 6 17 23 #2,623
1977 8 14 22 #2,978
1976 11 11 22 #3,383
1975 9 21 30 #2,183
1974 14 11 25 #3,242
1973 — 13 13 #2,812
1972 — 12 12 #2,934
1971 — 10 10 #3,292
1970 — 7 7 #4,078
1969 — 10 10 #3,012
1968 — 9 9 #3,051
1967 — 8 8 #3,169
1966 — 7 7 #3,471
1965 — 5 5 #4,280
1964 — 5 5 #4,448
1961 — 8 8 #3,309
1952 — 5 5 #4,210
1951 — 5 5 #4,205