Christan
Christan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200455 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1959
- 2,936people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,570 boys have been named Christan in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 55 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 30%.
Christan is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are girls (1,366), most of them born around 1982.
By decade
In 2004, its biggest year
Christan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Christan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cesarpeak 2004
- Alexandropeak 2004
- Colinpeak 2004
- Gianfrancopeak 2002
- Javanpeak 2004
- Joseluispeak 2000
- Eduardopeak 2001
- Devlinpeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.