How rare is the name Christiana?

11,997 people in the United States have the first name Christiana, about 1 in 25,176. It ranks #2,194 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

CHRISTIANA

#2,194

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,997
About
1 in 25,176
This common or more
78.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,997 people named Christiana, 41.3% reported their origin as White, 36.2% as Black and 12.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Christiana peaked in 1996, when 309 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
309
In 2025*
58 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,938 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Christiana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,362. The largest share of babies named Christiana, 36.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,00831
1890s#2,38739
1900s#3,59420
1910s#5,08267
1920s#6,82163
1930s#8,18426
1940s#5,19095
1950s#4,236176
1960s#2,859420
1970s#2,041931
1980s#1,7821,414
1990s#1,3622,818
2000s#1,7322,522
2010s#2,3421,827
2020s#4,063489
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–643.4%
Generation X 1965–8012.1%
Millennials 1981–9629.7%
Generation Z 1997–1236.7%
2013 and later15.5%

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 Christiana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christiana has been most common in Florida (2.1×), Maryland (1.9×), and California (1.8×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.2×).

7,317 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.

Exactly as common as Christiana

2 other first names also have 11,997 people.

#2,194 Bert · 11,997#2,194 Galen · 11,997

Either side of Christiana

#2,193 Scot · 12,000#2,194 Bert · 11,997#2,194 Galen · 11,997#2,197 Thao · 11,993

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christiana, most common first.

#92 Christine · 482,596#109 Christina · 423,584#111 Christian · 415,787#2,238 Christin · 11,676#4,146 Christiane · 4,630#4,889 Christan · 3,663#6,438 Christianna · 2,491#8,930 Christena · 1,592

Also a last name

As a last name, Christiana ranks #32,724 of 156,621, with 752 people. See Christiana as a last name

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