NameTides

Christian

Christian was the #96 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,641 babies), and #393 in England & Wales and #221 in Canada.

Christian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Christian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Christian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#96 (3,641)#393 (105)#441 (7)#253 (7)#348 (11)#221 (154)——
2024#77 (4,272)#389 (106)#404 (8)#278 (6)#287 (14)#204 (165)——
2023#77 (4,158)#290 (155)#482 (6)#221 (9)#288 (15)#197 (165)——
2022#73 (4,486)#272 (169)#392 (8)#234 (8)#251 (19)#198 (177)#80 (108)—
2021#71 (4,636)#248 (190)#401 (8)#266 (7)#257 (18)#181 (205)#73 (126)—
2020#62 (5,104)#233 (208)#278 (14)#304 (5)#250 (19)#160 (227)#82 (109)—
2019#57 (5,781)#225 (223)#296 (12)#226 (9)#220 (23)#146 (254)#71 (128)#99 (83)
2018#54 (6,582)#221 (234)#392 (8)#255 (7)#168 (34)#126 (295)#83 (109)#72 (86)
2017#52 (7,025)#217 (245)#291 (14)#202 (10)#195 (30)#113 (344)#68 (137)—
2016#46 (7,674)#223 (251)#315 (12)#195 (11)#149 (42)#115 (346)#68 (153)#94 (74)
2015#43 (8,220)#214 (265)#255 (17)#187 (12)#164 (38)#114 (351)#54 (171)#85 (75)
2014#42 (8,480)#228 (248)#252 (17)#264 (7)#151 (43)#108 (376)#71 (146)#82 (77)
2013#35 (9,352)#218 (239)#257 (16)#146 (18)#192 (32)#104 (395)#52 (191)#83 (81)
2012#33 (9,640)#220 (237)#318 (11)#167 (15)#156 (43)#111 (365)#57 (180)#71 (93)
2011#30 (10,334)#204 (257)#231 (18)#168 (15)#121 (61)#103 (388)#56 (174)#66 (102)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #24.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 470 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 470common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Christian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 470 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 430 to 1 in 510.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Christian by state, 2025Alaska: #85AKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #155WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #118WAIdaho: #118IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #208MNIllinois: #88ILMichigan: #98MINew York: #94NYMassachusetts: #130MAOregon: #154ORNevada: #83NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #191IAIndiana: #176INOhio: #154OHPennsylvania: #114PANew Jersey: #71NJConnecticut: #71CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #73CAUtah: #170UTColorado: #149CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #145MOKentucky: #163KYWest Virginia: #140WVVirginia: #129VAMaryland: #76MDDelaware: #76DEArizona: #92AZNew Mexico: #99NMKansas: #136KSArkansas: #126ARTennessee: #116TNNorth Carolina: #77NCSouth Carolina: #85SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #136OKLouisiana: #101LAMississippi: #47MSAlabama: #120ALGeorgia: #64GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #68TXFlorida: #88FL
Christian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#15686
Quebec2025#42710

Christian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChristianCanadaGirls—too few
ChristianCanadaBoys#221154
ChristianEngland & WalesBoys#393105
ChristianIrelandBoys#34811
ChristianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChristianNorthern IrelandBoys#2537
ChristianNSWBoys—too few
ChristianScotlandGirls—too few
ChristianScotlandBoys#4417
ChristianUSGirls#4,87827
ChristianUSBoys#963,641
ChristianVICBoys—too few