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Christian name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Christian ranks #96 in male records (3,641 reported) and #4,901 in female records (27 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Christian becoming more popular?

Christian's reported male count decreased by 631 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #77 to #96. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Christian in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for ChristianFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7,6740201620252016: 104 female records2017: 91 female records2018: 83 female records2019: 72 female records2020: 48 female records2021: 48 female records2022: 50 female records2023: 39 female records2024: 32 female records2025: 27 female records2016: 7,674 male records2017: 7,025 male records2018: 6,582 male records2019: 5,781 male records2020: 5,104 male records2021: 4,636 male records2022: 4,486 male records2023: 4,158 male records2024: 4,272 male records2025: 3,641 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025274,9013,64196
2024324,4074,27277
2023393,8514,15877
2022503,2304,48673
2021483,3094,63671
2020483,2345,10462
2019722,4585,78157
2018832,2256,58254
2017912,1157,02552
20161041,9337,67446

Questions about Christian’s popularity

How common is Christian in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Christian ranks #96 in male records (3,641 reported) and #4,901 in female records (27 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Christian?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Christian only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Christian creates a match.

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