Christian

Boy name

Christian has been given to 473,843 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1996 and currently ranks #96 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ +&lrm; -ian.

Origin: Ancient Greek

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

473,843

Peak year

1996 (16,544 babies)

Rank in 2025

#96 for boys

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -56%

Gender split

4% girls / 96% boys

Famous people named Christian

Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

Christian Bale

American-English actor (born 1974)

Christian Wulff

10th German Federal President

Christian Dopplerr

Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803-1853)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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