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Christian
Pronounced /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/
Rank in 2024
#4,522
Born in 2024
31
Peak year
1992 · #280
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:4,247 in 2024 (#77)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 31 girls were named Christian, about 1 in every 52,038.
- It peaked in 1992 with 987 babies, ranked #280.
- It first shows up in the records in 1886.
- 19,847 girls have been named Christian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Christian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 61 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 325 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,867 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,608 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,921 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 960 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek found in England since the twelfth century.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of medieval usage, rare today.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Christian, CC BY-SA 4.0.