How rare is the name Cristian?

68,806 people in the United States have the first name Cristian, about 1 in 4,390. It ranks #743 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CRISTIAN

#743

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
68,806
About
1 in 4,390
This common or more
65.5%
Who bears it

Of the 68,806 people named Cristian, 89.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% as White and 1.4% as Black. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cristian peaked in 2006, when 3,046 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19602025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
3,046
In 2025*
906 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 71,051 babies have been given the name since 1960. 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.

Cristian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #275. The largest share of babies named Cristian, 57%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#7,65372
1970s#2,811543
1980s#1,3572,202
1990s#32420,099
2000s#27527,400
2010s#47614,687
2020s#6576,048
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–9620.9%
Generation Z 1997–1257%
2013 and later21%

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 Cristian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cristian has been most common in Nevada (3.9×), California (2.8×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.12×).

69,380 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 Cristian

#741 Dalton · 68,878#742 Gilbert · 68,862#744 Simon · 68,780#745 Kaleb · 68,291

Spelled almost the same

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

#647 Cristina · 81,417#1,934 Cristal · 14,499#4,154 Cristine · 4,622#4,216 Cristin · 4,517#4,598 Crista · 4,000#5,017 Cristhian · 3,526#5,519 Cristi · 3,090#5,697 Cristiano · 2,962

Also a last name

As a last name, Cristian ranks #70,918 of 156,621, with 297 people. See Cristian as a last name

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