Christian
Christian stands at #96 nationally in 2025, past its crest and settling. Parents were already choosing it in 1880; its strongest stretch came much later, and 453,968 children have carried it so far.
Christian’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Christian, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Christian since 1880
Christian peaked in 2006 at #21; #96 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Christian is most common
Among the states, Christian takes its largest share in Delaware, 0.44% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Mississippi and Alaska next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Christian
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Colton
#103 in 2025
Carson
#124 in 2025
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Caleb
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Connor
#166 in 2025 · Celtic
Cole
#182 in 2025
Browse: names starting with C · all names
About Christian
How popular is the name Christian?
Christian stands at #96 nationally in 2025, past its crest and settling. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Christian?
There is no citable gloss for Christian in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
What names go with Christian?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Colton sits closest, with Carson and Charlie just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
Get Christian’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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