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Christ

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Christ is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. Its best rank was 363rd, in 1881.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
290.00% of boys
Peak year
192369 births
Best rank
#363in 1881
Since 1880
3,940people given the name
Babies named Christ, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,940 boys have been named Christ in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 69 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Christ
1880s181
1890s162
1900s99
1910s347
1920s565
1930s339
1940s216
1950s261
1960s292
1970s258
1980s195
1990s224
2000s364
2010s317
2020s120

In 1923, its biggest year

Christ was the 804th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.

Names that rose and fell with Christ

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.