Cristian Boy
How popular is Cristian?
#362 boy name in 2025
906 baby boys were named Cristian in the US in 2025, making it the 362nd most popular boy name.
Cristian popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #362 for boys (▼ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 906 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #271 in 2015, #332 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (3,024 boys) |
| Highest rank | #127 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cristian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cristian family of names ranked #309 for boys in 2025 (#270 the year before), with 1,110 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cristian is most popular
Babies named Cristian per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 1.2 per 1,000 (1,047 boys)
- California: 1.1 per 1,000 (1,044 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Arizona: 1.1 per 1,000 (172 boys)
- Nevada: 1.0 per 1,000 (59 boys)
Cristian by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72 | #1,492 |
| 1970s | 509 | #989 |
| 1980s | 1,950 | #484 |
| 1990s | 19,529 | #127 |
| 2000s | 27,188 | #134 |
| 2010s | 14,634 | #182 |
| 2020s | 6,043 | #320 |
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Questions
- Is Cristian a boy or girl name?
- Cristian is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cristian were boys.
- How popular is the name Cristian?
- 906 baby boys were named Cristian in the US in 2025, making it the 362nd most popular boy name.
- When was Cristian most popular?
- Cristian peaked in 2006, when 3,024 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #127 in 1995.
- How many people are named Cristian?
- 71,051 babies have been named Cristian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 69,793 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Cristian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cristian was most common in Texas, at 1.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.