girls:
1.4k births since 1952
#4360 (24th percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1959
#3100 (32nd percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1952
#5009 (35th percentile)
The name Christan is the #5,009 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,927 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 35.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,100 (32.4% percentile) for all time with 1,561 births since 1959. For girls, it ranks #4,360 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,366 births since 1952.
Christan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1959 for boys). Birth data for Christan is available in 62 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (59 years for boys and 47 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Christan is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Christan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1952 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (53.4% boys from 1959 to 2023).
For boys, Christan reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #797) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Christan ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 27.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Christan reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #724) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 41 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Christan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Christan is pronounced as KRIH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIHS-chuhn, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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