girls:
10.8k births since 1882
#1513 (74th percentile)
overall:
10.8k births since 1882
#2540 (67th percentile)
The name Christiana is the #2,540 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,821 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 67.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,513 (73.5% percentile) for all time with 10,821 births since 1882.
Christiana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for girls in 1882). Birth data for Christiana is available in 116 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Christiana reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 34.0% percentile (ranked #567) with 161 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 161 births per million (ranked 34.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1999, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Christiana ranks #867 for girls (8.5% percentile) with 49 births per million, which is 30.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christiana".
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Our model has identified 18 different pronunciations for the name Christiana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 16.1% confident that Christiana is pronounced as krih-stee-AH-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is krihs-chee-AH-nuh, at 16.1% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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