# Cristiano (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cristiano/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,898 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,898 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 364, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 201 | 979 |
| 2012 | 186 | 1,038 |
| 2013 | 209 | 956 |
| 2014 | 247 | 877 |
| 2015 | 267 | 841 |
| 2016 | 264 | 849 |
| 2017 | 255 | 856 |
| 2018 | 224 | 936 |
| 2019 | 204 | 1,018 |
| 2020 | 185 | 1,077 |
| 2021 | 176 | 1,144 |
| 2022 | 213 | 1,037 |
| 2023 | 183 | 1,144 |
| 2024 | 188 | 1,129 |
| 2025 | 152 | 1,288 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Cristiano

- Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing driver
- Cristiano da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Cristiano Felício, Brazilian basketball player (born 1992)
- Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Cristiano da Silva Leite, Brazilian association football player
- Cristiano Moraes de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- Cristiano Pereira de Souza, Brazilian association football player
- Cristiano Júnior, Brazilian footballer (1979-2004)
- Cristiano G. Borro Barbosa, Brazilian priest of the Catholic Church
- Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer of sertanejo music (1986-2015)
- Cristiano Roland, footballer
- Cristiano Ávalos, Brazilian professional footballer

## 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.