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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Christian

Used in both girl and boy records

Christian appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Christian by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDChristian as a girl’s nameUS records 1886–2024
#928girl rank1992peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDChristian as a boy’s nameUS records 1880–2024
#75boy rank2000peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Christian in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl1992987 uses#28019921886–2020100 listed years
Boy200016,058 uses#2120061880–2020141 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.