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The name Christian is of Greek origin, and means Christian believer. The table below indicates the number of times the name Christian has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Christian**
Use of the Name Christian for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
273,832	266,349	229,297	147,210	73,356	27,436	13,637

The table below indicates the number of times the name Christian has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Christian**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	253	43
1881	208	53
1882	238	49
1883	218	50
1884	231	54
1885	218	55
1886	299	33
1887	233	47
1888	244	51
1889	227	51
1890	238	49
1891	277	34
1892	279	42
1893	279	39
1894	278	40
1895	245	53
1896	312	36
1897	288	39
1898	351	30
1899	258	42
1900	377	35
1901	278	38
1902	338	33
1903	312	36
1904	370	30
1905	422	26
1906	378	32
1907	389	33
1908	454	29
1909	474	29
1910	432	40
1911	457	41
1912	404	91
1913	451	91
1914	436	122
1915	443	151
1916	457	153
1917	468	149
1918	475	155
1919	531	126
1920	511	142
1921	545	132
1922	490	160
1923	584	116
1924	567	125
1925	612	105
1926	581	114
1927	590	110
1928	579	114
1929	633	94
1930	631	94
1931	634	87
1932	653	86
1933	677	76
1934	625	92
1935	723	71
1936	610	91
1937	637	85
1938	590	99
1939	600	94
1940	594	100
1941	542	119
1942	598	110
1943	543	133
1944	526	133
1945	501	142
1946	477	180
1947	490	188
1948	470	201
1949	453	216
1950	412	268
1951	416	268
1952	381	324
1953	376	334
1954	381	350
1955	386	349
1956	380	392
1957	428	328
1958	378	423
1959	323	582
1960	303	656
1961	317	607
1962	305	648
1963	299	672
1964	297	705
1965	278	723
1966	237	884	989	107
1967	187	1,313	991	106
1968	154	1,772	989	111
1969	140	2,185	857	147
1970	127	2,618	755	195
1971	122	2,633	723	210
1972	96	2,951	720	199
1973	98	2,681	669	222
1974	104	2,483	605	258
1975	103	2,455	738	197
1976	112	2,253	811	171
1977	117	2,285	891	159
1978	116	2,199	852	173
1979	121	2,255	744	218
1980	119	2,301	529	357
1981	121	2,224	491	417
1982	114	2,559	474	439
1983	112	2,408	522	365
1984	104	2,717	454	456
1985	101	2,907	415	537
1986	89	3,199	405	547
1987	90	3,315	393	584
1988	86	3,912	393	611
1989	78	4,606	335	757
1990	60	6,746	320	859
1991	48	9,426	296	936
1992	35	11,927	280	987
1993	35	11,873	305	876
1994	35	11,967	345	768
1995	28	13,787	355	737
1996	24	15,802	374	719
1997	25	15,039	421	621
1998	26	14,480	483	528
1999	25	14,746	529	477
2000	22	16,011	575	451
2001	24	15,396	628	397
2002	24	14,513	773	305
2003	25	13,799	822	298
2004	24	13,637	821	300
Totals:		273,832		16,802

During the last 125 years, parents have used Christian as a boy's name about 94% of the time and less frequently (about 5% of the time) as a girl's name.

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