How popular is “Christian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Christian” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Christian” 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 “Christian” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Christian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Christian” 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	43	0.000213416		43	-100%
1881	53	0.000275056		53	-100%
1882	49	0.000221186		49	-100%
1883	50	0.000230472		50	-100%
1884	54	0.000221801		54	-100%
1885	55	0.000228354		55	-100%
1886	38	0.000148835	5	33	-74%
1887	47	0.000189982		47	-100%
1888	51	0.000170299		51	-100%
1889	57	0.000197269	6	51	-79%
1890	54	0.000179163	5	49	-81%
1891	34	0.000118602		34	-100%
1892	42	0.000125608		42	-100%
1893	39	0.000119918		39	-100%
1894	40	0.000118102		40	-100%
1895	53	0.000150989		53	-100%
1896	36	0.000100704		36	-100%
1897	39	0.000112406		39	-100%
1898	35	0.000091754	5	30	-71%
1899	42	0.000123808		42	-100%
1900	35	0.000077733		35	-100%
1901	38	0.000109886		38	-100%
1902	33	0.00008533		33	-100%
1903	36	0.000094439		36	-100%
1904	30	0.000074352		30	-100%
1905	26	0.000061332		26	-100%
1906	33	0.000077022		33	-100%
1907	32	0.00006876		32	-100%
1908	29	0.000059347		29	-100%
1909	29	0.000056727		29	-100%
1910	40	0.000067715		40	-100%
1911	46	0.000071398	5	41	-78%
1912	91	0.000092099		91	-100%
1913	91	0.000080027		91	-100%
1914	127	0.000089667	5	122	-92%
1915	158	0.000086224	7	151	-91%
1916	159	0.000082195	5	154	-94%
1917	157	0.000078236	8	149	-90%
1918	155	0.000071392		155	-100%
1919	125	0.000059235		125	-100%
1920	150	0.000066294	7	143	-91%
1921	144	0.000061683	12	132	-83%
1922	172	0.000075137	12	160	-86%
1923	121	0.000052552	5	116	-92%
1924	131	0.000055005	6	125	-91%
1925	105	0.000045001		105	-100%
1926	119	0.000051831	6	113	-90%
1927	118	0.000050876	6	112	-90%
1928	120	0.000053075	6	114	-90%
1929	99	0.000045161	6	93	-88%
1930	94	0.00004228		94	-100%
1931	94	0.000044669	7	87	-85%
1932	86	0.000040733		86	-100%
1933	77	0.000038511		77	-100%
1934	92	0.000044299		92	-100%
1935	71	0.000033973		71	-100%
1936	96	0.000046208	5	91	-90%
1937	85	0.000039894		85	-100%
1938	107	0.00004836	8	99	-85%
1939	94	0.000042661		94	-100%
1940	99	0.000042993		99	-100%
1941	129	0.000052946	7	122	-89%
1942	120	0.000043927	12	108	-80%
1943	135	0.000047829		135	-100%
1944	140	0.000052043	5	135	-93%
1945	146	0.000055034	5	141	-93%
1946	190	0.000059462	8	182	-92%
1947	201	0.000055797	14	187	-86%
1948	211	0.000061115	9	202	-91%
1949	231	0.000066288	13	218	-89%
1950	277	0.000079067	9	268	-94%
1951	287	0.00007791	15	272	-90%
1952	342	0.000090047	23	319	-87%
1953	356	0.00009238	18	338	-90%
1954	368	0.000092446	16	352	-91%
1955	360	0.000089662	10	350	-94%
1956	402	0.000097501	13	389	-94%
1957	338	0.000080435	11	327	-93%
1958	444	0.000107405	17	427	-92%
1959	604	0.000145262	23	581	-92%
1960	680	0.000163705	18	662	-95%
1961	625	0.000150882	19	606	-94%
1962	664	0.000164545	14	650	-96%
1963	715	0.000180638	43	672	-88%
1964	743	0.00019112	32	711	-91%
1965	766	0.000211284	36	730	-91%
1966	996	0.000286565	107	889	-79%
1967	1424	0.000419453	104	1320	-85%
1968	1894	0.000560618	113	1781	-88%
1969	2342	0.000673894	148	2194	-87%
1970	2818	0.000781364	195	2623	-86%
1971	2851	0.000830625	210	2641	-85%
1972	3161	0.001005729	199	2962	-87%
1973	2915	0.000966228	222	2693	-85%
1974	2747	0.000903619	257	2490	-81%
1975	2659	0.00088064	197	2462	-85%
1976	2439	0.00080381	171	2268	-86%
1977	2454	0.00077255	159	2295	-87%
1978	2380	0.000749873	173	2207	-85%
1979	2482	0.000746017	218	2264	-82%
1980	2676	0.000776889	358	2318	-73%
1981	2651	0.000766323	416	2235	-69%
1982	3015	0.000859473	439	2576	-71%
1983	2783	0.00080356	364	2419	-74%
1984	3184	0.000912646	457	2727	-71%
1985	3452	0.000967188	538	2914	-69%
1986	3761	0.001057329	547	3214	-71%
1987	3907	0.001083588	583	3324	-70%
1988	4547	0.001230568	611	3936	-73%
1989	5390	0.001402022	764	4626	-72%
1990	7645	0.00193423	863	6782	-77%
1991	10383	0.002665544	936	9447	-82%
1992	12941	0.003368935	987	11954	-85%
1993	12766	0.003385956	876	11890	-86%
1994	12756	0.003431197	769	11987	-88%
1995	14550	0.003973071	738	13812	-90%
1996	16543	0.004535814	720	15823	-91%
1997	15682	0.004325175	623	15059	-92%
1998	15050	0.004091667	528	14522	-93%
1999	15261	0.004131443	479	14782	-94%
2000	16509	0.004367571	452	16057	-95%
2001	15857	0.004236	400	15457	-95%
2002	14906	0.003987384	310	14596	-96%
2003	14207	0.003736404	299	13908	-96%
2004	14229	0.003723969	304	13925	-96%
2005	14428	0.003752557	219	14209	-97%
2006	14727	0.003722522	240	14487	-97%
2007	14279	0.003571819	217	14062	-97%
2008	13265	0.003374747	197	13068	-97%
2009	12842	0.003361626	188	12654	-97%
2010	11266	0.003048375	157	11109	-97%
2011	10501	0.002870858	167	10334	-97%
2012	9780	0.002674055	141	9639	-97%
2013	9485	0.002601719	135	9350	-97%
2014	8613	0.002323833	134	8479	-97%
2015	8343	0.002254309	125	8218	-97%
2016	7772	0.002118463	104	7668	-97%
2017	7112	0.001988706	91	7021	-97%
2018	6664	0.001895391	83	6581	-98%
2019	5852	0.001686002	72	5780	-98%
2020	5149	0.001541351	48	5101	-98%
2021	4682	0.001381957	48	4634	-98%
2022	4533	0.001339881	50	4483	-98%
2023	4192	0.001266008	39	4153	-98%
2024	4278	0.001285263	31	4247	-99%

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