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Christian
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- Christian 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Cristian 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Krystian 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Kristian 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Cristhian 🇺🇸🇦🇷🇺🇾🇪🇸
- Cristiano 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Krisztian 🇺🇸🏴🇦🇹🇭🇺
- Khristian 🇺🇸🏴
- Kristiyan 🇫🇷🏴🇧🇬
- Kristjan 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇸🇮
- Christiano 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Kristijan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇹🇸🇪
- Christiaan 🇺🇸🏴🇨🇦🇧🇪
- Chrystian 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇵🇱
- Crhistian 🇦🇷🇺🇾
- Crystian 🇺🇸
- Christyan 🇺🇸🇫🇷
1,768,752births recorded
30Countries
17Variants
1984Peak · Austria
#31Italy 2025
Christian is a boy name family recorded 1,768,752 times in 30 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Italy (#31 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Austria in 1984, at 2,375.3 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Cristian (Argentina, Spain), Krystian (Poland).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Christian
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | French | 473,843 | 🇺🇸 United States | #96 | 1996 | ▼ 51 % |
| Christian | French | 405,870 | 🇫🇷 France | #814 | 1955 | ▼ 34 % |
| Christian | French | 66,545 | 🇮🇹 Italy | #31 | 2017 | – |
| Christian | French | 59,166 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #770 | 1973 | ▼ 65 % |
| Christian | French | 28,704 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | – | 1990 | – |
| Christian | French | 21,216 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #112 | 1984 | ▼ 41 % |
| Cristian | Spanish | 391,309 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #154 | 1985 | ▼ 59 % |
| Cristian | Spanish | 71,051 | 🇺🇸 United States | #362 | 1995 | ▼ 25 % |
| Cristian | Spanish | 42,835 | 🇮🇹 Italy | – | 2007 | – |
| Cristian | Spanish | 13,968 | 🇪🇸 Spain | – | 2002 | – |
| Cristian | Spanish | 12,609 | 🇨🇱 Chile | #51 | 1990 | – |
| Cristian | Spanish | 3,633 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #53 | 1996 | ▼ 42 % |
| Krystian | Polish | 40,612 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #92 | 2001 | ▼ 69 % |
| Krystian | Polish | 2,117 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4857 | 2009 | ▼ 47 % |
| Krystian | Polish | 657 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2009 | – |
| Krystian | Polish | 128 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2012 | – |
| Krystian | Polish | 69 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1998 | – |
| Krystian | Polish | 48 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 2011 | – |
| Kristian | English | 20,814 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1145 | 1997 | ▼ 45 % |
| Kristian | English | 2,825 | 🏴 England & Wales | #856 | 1996 | ▼ 40 % |
| Kristian | English | 1,090 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2000 | – |
| Kristian | English | 747 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | #666 | 1998 | ▼ 67 % |
| Kristian | English | 643 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | #54 | 2023 | – |
| Kristian | English | 380 | 🇦🇹 Austria | – | 2011 | – |
| Cristhian | Spanish | 12,615 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #1371 | 1991 | ▼ 80 % |
| Cristhian | Spanish | 1,413 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2183 | 2025 | ▲ 90 % |
| Cristhian | Spanish | 700 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #192 | 1993 | ▼ 59 % |
| Cristhian | Spanish | 55 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | – | 2001 | – |
| Cristiano | Italian | 3,898 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1287 | 2015 | ▼ 36 % |
| Cristiano | Italian | 1,235 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #534 | 2014 | new |
| Cristiano | Italian | 1,215 | 🇫🇷 France | #1998 | 2008 | ▼ 75 % |
| Cristiano | Italian | 466 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #676 | 2015 | ▼ 31 % |
| Cristiano | Italian | 346 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2659 | 2007 | ▼ 45 % |
| Cristiano | Italian | 319 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | – | 2008 | – |
| Krisztian | German | 6,133 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | #51 | 2010 | – |
| Krisztian | German | 26 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2020 | – |
| Krisztian | German | 20 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 2008 | – |
| Krisztian | German | 10 | 🇦🇹 Austria | – | 2022 | – |
| Khristian | Romanian | 2,801 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2833 | 2013 | ▼ 42 % |
| Khristian | Romanian | 5 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 1999 | – |
| Kristiyan | Bulgarian | 2,208 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | – | 2011 | – |
| Kristiyan | Bulgarian | 48 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2018 | – |
| Kristiyan | Bulgarian | 5 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2023 | – |
| Kristjan | Slovene | 1,464 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | #132 | 2001 | ▼ 26 % |
| Kristjan | Slovene | 225 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1998 | – |
| Kristjan | Slovene | 6 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1994 | – |
| Christiano | French | 853 | 🇺🇸 United States | #5045 | 2014 | ▼ 61 % |
| Christiano | French | 380 | 🇫🇷 France | #2995 | 2016 | ▼ 16 % |
| Christiano | French | 85 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2006 | – |
| Christiano | French | 37 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2006 | – |
| Christiano | French | 32 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 2016 | – |
| Christiano | French | 14 | 🇦🇹 Austria | – | 2011 | – |
| Kristijan | Slovene | 541 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | #223 | 2000 | ▼ 60 % |
| Kristijan | Slovene | 202 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #982 | 2004 | ▲ 33 % |
| Kristijan | Slovene | 187 | 🇦🇹 Austria | – | 2010 | – |
| Kristijan | Slovene | 33 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 2010 | – |
| Kristijan | Slovene | 16 | 🇩🇪 Germany (large cities) | – | 2018 | – |
| Kristijan | Slovene | 12 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | – | 2010 | – |
| Christiaan | French | 886 | 🇺🇸 United States | #9714 | 1968 | ▼ 5 % |
| Christiaan | French | 53 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 1997 | – |
| Christiaan | French | 27 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2010 | – |
| Christiaan | French | 17 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1990 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Christian ↔ Cristian — checked by hand
- Christian ↔ Cristiano — checked by hand
- Christian ↔ Kristian — checked by hand
- Christian ↔ Kristjan — checked by hand
- Christian ↔ Kristijan — checked by hand
- Christian ↔ Krystian — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Cristhian — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Krisztian — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Khristian — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Kristiyan — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Christiaan — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Chrystian — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Crhistian — spelling variant
- Christian ↔ Crystian — spelling variant
Questions about Christian
How popular is the name Christian?
In 2025 it ranked #31 in Italy. Official registers record 1,768,752 births across 30 countries.
What is Christian in other languages?
Cristian (Spanish); Krystian (Polish); Kristian (English); Cristhian (Spanish); Cristiano (Italian); Krisztian (German); Khristian (Romanian); Kristiyan (Bulgarian); Kristjan (Slovene); Christiano (French).
When was Christian most popular?
It peaked in Austria in 1984, at 2,375.3 births per 100,000.
Is Christian a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Christian is a boy name.