first name
CHRISTIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 415,787 people named Christian, 42% reported their origin as White, 37.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.2% as Black. 95.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Christian peaked in 1996, when 16,544 babies got the name.
At least 473,843 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Christian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #27. The largest share of babies named Christian, 47%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Christian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christian has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Florida (1.8×), and Arizona (1.6×), and least common in Vermont (0.39×).
466,806 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Christian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Christian ranks #651 of 156,621, with 50,934 people. See Christian as a last name
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