# Cristian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cristian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 71,051 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 69,925 / 1,126 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 806, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 21 | 5,633 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7,158 |
| 2005 | 26 | 4,989 |
| 2006 | 22 | 5,964 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,021 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,179 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,547 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9,363 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,398 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,819 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,048 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,927 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,224 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,539 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,654 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,007 | 189 |
| 2012 | 1,675 | 217 |
| 2013 | 1,537 | 234 |
| 2014 | 1,346 | 273 |
| 2015 | 1,350 | 271 |
| 2016 | 1,214 | 297 |
| 2017 | 1,184 | 297 |
| 2018 | 1,142 | 301 |
| 2019 | 1,110 | 306 |
| 2020 | 988 | 332 |
| 2021 | 993 | 330 |
| 2022 | 1,047 | 322 |
| 2023 | 1,030 | 325 |
| 2024 | 1,079 | 320 |
| 2025 | 906 | 362 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 31 | 947 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 50 | 691 |
| 2017 | 58 | 621 |
| 2018 | 64 | 580 |
| 2019 | 58 | 622 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 46 | 738 |
| 2022 | 40 | 799 |
| 2023 | 38 | 843 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,197 |

## People named Cristian

- Cristian Romero, Argentine association football player (born 1998)
- Cristián Zapata, Colombian association football player
- Cristian Pavón, Argentine association football player
- Cristian Ansaldi, Argentine association football player
- Cristian Gamboa, Costa Rican footballer
- Cristian Roldan, American soccer player
- Cristian Daniel Ledesma, Argentine footballer
- Cristian Álvarez, association football player from Argentina
- Cristian Volpato, Australian association football player (born 2003)
- Cristian Nazarit, Colombian association football player
- Cristian Ramírez, Ecuadorian association football player
- Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean-American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.