Recorded 1960–2025 · United States
Cristian was most popular in 2006, when 3,046 American babies were given the name — ranking #245 that year. In 2025 it ranked #710, with 906 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 71,051 people named Cristian.
Cristian first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1960, which makes it about 65 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 62 of the 66 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 71,051 American births named Cristian between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 69,714 are estimated to be alive today.
906 American babies were named Cristian in 2025, ranking #710 that year.
Cristian is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,011 births a year, against 1,589 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Cristian is a boy’s name — 1.6% of the 71,051 Americans given it were girls and 98.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 69,714 Americans named Cristian are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 15 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Christian · Latin · "follower of Christ"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org