Christian
Top 1000
About Christian
The name Christian has fallen a bit from its 90's and 00's heights, but it's still quite popular. Once considered overly pious, Christian is now seen as making a bold statement of faith by some, while also having secular appeal for others. Christian's enduring popularity may be influenced by such celebrities as Christian Slater and Christian Bale, not to mention the fashion world's Dior, Lacroix, Louboutin and Audigier.
In the Middle Ages, Christian was a female name, but turned male with the introduction of the hero of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
Today, there's a whole new genre of Christian names that go far beyond Christian to telegraph faith and a religion-based style, with names such as Saint, Zion, and Shiloh prime examples.
Pronounced KRIS-chun.
As of October 2026, Christian ranked #96 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #21 in 2006, Nameberry popularity #312.
Editor's take: The name Christian is a boy's name of English, Greek, Latin origin meaning "anointed one or follower of Christ".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #42 | 8,479 | 4,414.1 |
| 2015 | #43 | 8,218 | 4,287.5 |
| 2016 | #46 | 7,668 | 4,040.6 |
| 2017 | #52 | 7,021 | 3,793.2 |
| 2018 | #54 | 6,581 | 3,623.6 |
| 2019 | #57 | 5,780 | 3,221.5 |
| 2020 | #62 | 5,101 | 2,955.3 |
| 2021 | #71 | 4,634 | 2,648.8 |
| 2022 | #73 | 4,483 | 2,567.6 |
| 2023 | #77 | 4,153 | 2,427.8 |
| 2024 | #77 | 4,247 | 2,465 |
| 2025 | #96 | 3,641 | 2,131.6 |
World rankings
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Christian on lists
Famous Christians
- Christian I
IX, Kings of Denmark
- Christian X (Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm)
King of Denmark
- Christian Kern
Chancellor of Austria
- Christian Jackson McCaffrey
professional football player (running back) for the Carolina Panthers, son of former Denver Broncos player Ed McCaffrey
- Christian Michael Leonard Slater
American actor
- Christian Charles Philip Bale
British actor
- Christian Dominique Borle
American actor
- Christian Dior
French fashion designer
- Christian Kane
American actor and singer,songwriter
- Christian Marie Marc Lacroix
French fashion designer
- Christian Louboutin
French footwear designer
- Christian Yelich
professional baseball player in the Milwaukee Brewers Organization and 2018 NL MVP
- Christian Cousins
American actor; twin of brother Joseph Cousins
- Christian Camargo
American actor, producer, and director
- Christian Michael Eckstein
American child actor
- Christian Joseph Stolte
American actor
- Christian Andrew Ponder
American NFL quarterback
- (Frederick) Christian Charles Augustus of Schleswig
Holstein, Prince of Denmark; wife Princess Helena; son,in,law of Queen Victoria
- Christian Victor Albert Louis Ernst Anton
Prince of Schleswig,Holstein; grandson of Queen Victoria
- Christian
Sigismund, Prince of Prussia
- Christian Oskar Ernst August Wilhelm Viktor Georg Heinrich
Prince of Hanover; Duke of Brunswick,Lüneburg
- Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Peter Waldemar
Prince of Hanover
- Christian
Prince of Schaumburg,Lippe
- Christian Ludwig Friedrich Adolf Alexis Wilhelm Ferdinand
Prince of Hesse,Philippsthal,Barchfeld, German naval officer
- Christian Devi Brando (b. 1958)
son of actors Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi
- Christian Aaron "Ari" Päffgen (b. 1962)
son of singer Nico and actor Alain Delon
- Christian Gibson
son of American actor Mel Gibson
- Christian Patrick Culkin
brother of American actor Macaulay Culkin
- Christian Scheider
son of actors Roy Scheider and Brenda King
- (Peter) Christian Ulvaeus (b. 1978)
son of singers Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA
- Christian DuVal
son of singer Michael Nesmith of The Monkees
- Christian Love
son of singer Mike Love of The Beach Boys
- Christian Heinrich Clemens Paul Frank Peter Welf Wilhelm
Ernst Friedrich Franz (b. 1985), Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, son of Prince Ernst August
- Christian Murphy (b. 1990)
son of actor Eddie Murphy
- Christian Combs (b. 1998)
son of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs
- Christian Cunningham
late son of NFL player Randall Cunningham
- Christian James Martin (b. 2001)
son of actress Lauralee Bell and Scott Martin
- Christian Muster (b. 2001)
son of TV presenter Jo Beth Taylor and tennis player Thomas Muster
- Christian Charles Sampras (b. 2002)
son of tennis player Pete Sampras and beauty queen Bridgette Wilson
- Christian Valdemar Henri John (b. 2005)
Prince of Denmark
- Christian Aparicio
Jr. (b. 2014), son of actress Michelle Vieth and Christian Aparicio
- Christian Scott MacIntyre (b. 2016)
son of singer Scott MacIntyre of "American Idol"
- Cody Christian
American actor
- Christian Audigier (born Christian Ginutti)
French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines
- Christian Atsu
Ghanaian footballer
- Christian Benteke
Belgian professional footballer
- Christian Noboa
Ecuadorian footballer
- Christian Mate Pulisic
American soccer player
- Christian Lagadec
French actor
- Christian Julien Robin
French author, epigraphist, archeologist and orientalist French specialist in pre,Islamic Arabia
- Christian Coma "CC"
drummer for American heavy rock band 'Black Veil Brides'
- Christian Zucconi
vocalist and guitarist for American band Grouplove
Christian in pop culture
- Christian Grey
main character from the "50 Shades of Grey" novels
- Christian Wolff
main character in 2016 film "The Accountant"
- Christian Reed
character on the TV show "Dance Academy"
- Christian Shephard
charcter on TV show "Lost"
- Christian
character from "Moulin Rouge"
- Christian Troy
main character from TV show "Nip/Tuck"
- Christian "Combo" Ortega
character from "Breaking Bad"
- Christian Ozera
character from Richelle Mead's "Vampire Academy" series
- Christian Frost
older brother of Marvel's Emma Frost
- Christian
female character in "The Cincinnati Kid"
- Christian Alessi
character on TV's "Alex & Co."
- Christian Walker aka Diamond
main character in the "Powers" comics
- Christian Stovitz
character in the 1995 movie "Clueless"