How popular is “Christ” in the USA?

Number of people named “Christ” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Christ” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Christ” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Christ” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Christ” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Christ” by birth year

This chart shows how “Christ” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	15	0.000074448		15	-100%
1881	21	0.000108984		21	-100%
1882	23	0.000103822		23	-100%
1883	17	0.000078361		17	-100%
1884	15	0.000061612		15	-100%
1885	23	0.000095494		23	-100%
1886	16	0.000062667		16	-100%
1887	14	0.00005659		14	-100%
1888	17	0.000056766		17	-100%
1889	20	0.000069217		20	-100%
1890	20	0.000066357		20	-100%
1891	19	0.000066278		19	-100%
1892	20	0.000059813		20	-100%
1893	14	0.000043047		14	-100%
1894	24	0.000070861		24	-100%
1895	17	0.00004843		17	-100%
1896	9	0.000025176		9	-100%
1897	17	0.000048997		17	-100%
1898	13	0.00003408		13	-100%
1899	9	0.00002653		9	-100%
1900	11	0.00002443		11	-100%
1901	10	0.000028917		10	-100%
1902	12	0.000031029		12	-100%
1903	12	0.00003148		12	-100%
1904	7	0.000017349		7	-100%
1905	6	0.000014154		6	-100%
1906	12	0.000028008		12	-100%
1907	13	0.000027934		13	-100%
1908	6	0.000012279		6	-100%
1909	10	0.000019561		10	-100%
1910	9	0.000015236		9	-100%
1911	11	0.000017073		11	-100%
1912	23	0.000023278		23	-100%
1913	26	0.000022865		26	-100%
1914	29	0.000020475		29	-100%
1915	39	0.000021283		39	-100%
1916	40	0.000020678		40	-100%
1917	61	0.000030397		61	-100%
1918	58	0.000026714		58	-100%
1919	51	0.000024168		51	-100%
1920	48	0.000021214		48	-100%
1921	45	0.000019276		45	-100%
1922	61	0.000026647		61	-100%
1923	69	0.000029968		69	-100%
1924	56	0.000023514		56	-100%
1925	65	0.000027858		65	-100%
1926	49	0.000021342		49	-100%
1927	55	0.000023713		55	-100%
1928	68	0.000030076		68	-100%
1929	49	0.000022352		49	-100%
1930	51	0.000022939		51	-100%
1931	46	0.000021859		46	-100%
1932	29	0.000013736		29	-100%
1933	22	0.000011003		22	-100%
1934	36	0.000017334		36	-100%
1935	41	0.000019618		41	-100%
1936	25	0.000012033		25	-100%
1937	34	0.000015957		34	-100%
1938	27	0.000012203		27	-100%
1939	28	0.000012707		28	-100%
1940	21	0.00000912		21	-100%
1941	21	0.000008619		21	-100%
1942	25	0.000009151		25	-100%
1943	18	0.000006377		18	-100%
1944	20	0.000007435		20	-100%
1945	19	0.000007162		19	-100%
1946	17	0.00000532		17	-100%
1947	26	0.000007218		26	-100%
1948	24	0.000006951		24	-100%
1949	25	0.000007174		25	-100%
1950	21	0.000005994		21	-100%
1951	20	0.000005429		20	-100%
1952	32	0.000008425		32	-100%
1953	32	0.000008304		32	-100%
1954	31	0.000007788		31	-100%
1955	20	0.000004981		20	-100%
1956	26	0.000006306		26	-100%
1957	23	0.000005473		23	-100%
1958	28	0.000006773	5	23	-64%
1959	33	0.000007937		33	-100%
1960	28	0.000006741		28	-100%
1961	34	0.000008208		34	-100%
1962	30	0.000007434		30	-100%
1963	36	0.000009095		36	-100%
1964	41	0.000010546	5	36	-76%
1965	41	0.000011309	6	35	-71%
1966	19	0.000005467		19	-100%
1967	31	0.000009131		31	-100%
1968	18	0.000005328		18	-100%
1969	25	0.000007194		25	-100%
1970	24	0.000006655		24	-100%
1971	31	0.000009032	5	26	-68%
1972	39	0.000012409	6	33	-69%
1973	36	0.000011933	5	31	-72%
1974	28	0.000009211		28	-100%
1975	21	0.000006955		21	-100%
1976	28	0.000009228	5	23	-64%
1977	27	0.0000085		27	-100%
1978	23	0.000007247	5	18	-57%
1979	27	0.000008115		27	-100%
1980	21	0.000006097		21	-100%
1981	17	0.000004914		17	-100%
1982	28	0.000007982	5	23	-64%
1983	21	0.000006064		21	-100%
1984	16	0.000004586		16	-100%
1985	20	0.000005604		20	-100%
1986	11	0.000003092		11	-100%
1987	25	0.000006934		25	-100%
1988	15	0.000004059		15	-100%
1989	26	0.000006763		26	-100%
1990	19	0.000004807		19	-100%
1991	11	0.000002824		11	-100%
1992	28	0.000007289		28	-100%
1993	22	0.000005835		22	-100%
1994	17	0.000004573		17	-100%
1995	30	0.000008192		30	-100%
1996	26	0.000007129		26	-100%
1997	21	0.000005792		21	-100%
1998	26	0.000007069		26	-100%
1999	24	0.000006497		24	-100%
2000	37	0.000009789		37	-100%
2001	35	0.00000935		35	-100%
2002	36	0.00000963		36	-100%
2003	37	0.000009731		37	-100%
2004	30	0.000007852		30	-100%
2005	32	0.000008323		32	-100%
2006	38	0.000009605		38	-100%
2007	38	0.000009506		38	-100%
2008	41	0.000010431		41	-100%
2009	40	0.000010471		40	-100%
2010	28	0.000007576		28	-100%
2011	46	0.000012576		46	-100%
2012	30	0.000008203		30	-100%
2013	30	0.000008229		30	-100%
2014	23	0.000006206		23	-100%
2015	37	0.000009998		37	-100%
2016	40	0.000010903	5	35	-75%
2017	32	0.000008948		32	-100%
2018	29	0.000008248		29	-100%
2019	27	0.000007779		27	-100%
2020	18	0.000005388		18	-100%
2021	21	0.000006198		21	-100%
2022	27	0.000007981		27	-100%
2023	25	0.00000755		25	-100%
2024	29	0.000008713		29	-100%

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