Christ
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
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
By decade
| Decade | boys named Christ | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 181 | |
| 1890s | 162 | |
| 1900s | 99 | |
| 1910s | 347 | |
| 1920s | 565 | |
| 1930s | 339 | |
| 1940s | 216 | |
| 1950s | 261 | |
| 1960s | 292 | |
| 1970s | 258 | |
| 1980s | 195 | |
| 1990s | 224 | |
| 2000s | 364 | |
| 2010s | 317 | |
| 2020s | 120 |
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.
- Benjimanpeak 1921
- Nelspeak 1918
- Elzapeak 1922
- Guspeak 1921
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Colonelpeak 1920
- Hirampeak 1920
- Ottopeak 2024
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.