How rare is the name Christiane?

4,630 people in the United States have the first name Christiane, about 1 in 65,234. It ranks #4,146 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CHRISTIANE

#4,146

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,630
About
1 in 65,234
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,630 people named Christiane, 77.7% reported their origin as White, 9.5% as Black and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Christiane peaked in 1971, when 87 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462020
Peak year
1971
Births that year
87
In 2020
6 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,263 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Christiane by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,565. The largest share of babies named Christiane, 40.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#6,98649
1950s#3,391266
1960s#2,924405
1970s#2,565628
1980s#4,484334
1990s#5,663330
2000s#11,223173
2010s#20,34772
2020s#36,8006
Baby boom 1946–6420.9%
Generation X 1965–8040.4%
Millennials 1981–9624%
Generation Z 1997–1213.1%
2013 and later1.7%

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.

Exactly as common as Christiane

1 other first name also has 4,630 people.

#4,146 Franchesca · 4,630

Either side of Christiane

#4,144 Crew · 4,633#4,145 Antonette · 4,632#4,146 Franchesca · 4,630#4,148 Loc · 4,629

Spelled almost the same

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

#92 Christine · 482,596#109 Christina · 423,584#111 Christian · 415,787#1,014 Christie · 42,083#2,194 Christiana · 11,997#2,238 Christin · 11,676#4,889 Christan · 3,663#6,438 Christianna · 2,491

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