Christian

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Christian is a unisex given name, which originated as a baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages.

From Wikipedia

Christian first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1980 with 284 babies (rank #76 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Christian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Christian yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

7,676
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
284
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195514#410
195621#345
195713#438
195822#356
195924#340
196034#293
196127#341
196233#313
196336#307
196446#285
196544#282
196665#233
196771#226
196888#197
1969126#160
1970146#140
1971156#135
1972207#103
1973180#111
1974221#83
1975255#72
1976240#77
1977210#85
1978254#76
1979240#83
1980284#76
1981224#86
1982233#81
1983187#99
1984208#93
1985184#109
1986171#116
1987175#114
1988153#124
1989148#132
1990161#129
1991179#117
1992172#117
1993176#114
1994158#127
1995139#144
1996122#162
1997128#151
1998126#166
1999124#164
2000104#194
2001122#172
200291#207
200396#200
2004101#183
2005102#174
2006117#149
2007124#139
200893#181
200985#183
201080#192
201191#168
201258#232
201371#190
201459#226