Cristian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cristian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cristian: Recorded since 1967, it reached #257 in 1981, and it stood at #394 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#257highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1345
1998	#1642
1999	#1082
2000	#1096
2001	#1135
2002	#1077
2003	#1513
2004	#970
2005	#982
2006	#1224
2007	#1201
2008	#1206
2009	#1218
2010	#1082
2011	#1688
2012	#947
2013	#931
2014	#959
2015	#950
2016	#691
2017	#621
2018	#580
2019	#622
2020	#856
2021	#738
2022	#799
2023	#843
2024	#1025

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 46 years from 1979 to 2024.

In 2024: #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1025 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1967–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #493 among boys in Norway in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1967–2011
Highest recorded position: #257 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1967–2011).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1025 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cristian appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 278 births with the name.

Cristian across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cristian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1979)	#324 (1979)	#394 (2024)	23 of 46	130 (1979–2024)	10 (2013)
Norway · Boys	#493 (1967)	#257 (1981)	#459 (2011)	30 of 45	278 (1967–2011)	19 (1981)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#580 (2018)	#1025 (2024)	29 of 29	782 (1996–2024)	64 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#299 (2003)	#415 (2015)	2 of 13	6 (2003–2015)	3 (2003)

Cristian by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cristian in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	13	2 of 10	7
1970s	92	9 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	118	10 of 10	12
1990s	41	6 of 10	7
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	6	1 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Cristian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #257 in Norway in 1981.

Cristian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1025	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#843	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#799	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#738	46	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#622	58	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#580	64	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#621	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#947	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1206	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#459	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#534	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#388	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#567	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#448	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#442	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#566	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#451	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#363	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#317	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#567	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#462	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#303	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#347	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#347	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#257	19	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#399	10	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#378	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#411	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#328	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#418	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#371	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#402	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#412	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#509	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#400	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1967 and 2024, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #257, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1979, and 36 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Criona · #232, 12y
Crispin · #1519, 20y
Cristiano · #541, 27y
Cristina · #260, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Davina · #254, 53y
Ivana · #252, 51y
Miguel · #252, 58y
Imran · #263, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anastatia · #257, 11y
Audrius · #257, 29y
Hanorah · #257, 11y
Mildred · #257, 20y

Cristian was ranked #257 in Norway · Boys in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cristian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cristian without appearing here.

Cristian moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #3036.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1642 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1082 and #2943.
Henrik Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1345 and #2859.
Tor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1688 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #947 and #2270.

Moved ahead of Cristian

Brodie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #370 and #402 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #342.
Beau Compare
In 2013 they stood at #383 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #403.
Theo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #388 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #534 and #225.
Tadhg Compare
In 2019 they stood at #622 and #634 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #856 and #551.

Moved the opposite way to Cristian

Theodor Compare
Between 1978 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Cristian went from #295 to #459 while Theodor went from #586 to #40.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cristian went from #2020 to #1025 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cristian went from #2020 to #1025 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cristian went from #2020 to #1025 while Alan went from #163 to #592.

Moved the same way as Cristian

Craig Compare
Between 1979 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cristian went from #324 to #516 and Craig from #158 to #516.
Graham Compare
Between 1979 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cristian went from #324 to #516 and Graham from #59 to #770.
Geoffrey Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cristian went from #324 to #657 and Geoffrey from #135 to #779.
Kristian Compare
Between 1979 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cristian went from #324 to #741 and Kristian from #257 to #741.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #257 in Norway in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cristian

Cristian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cristian across 4 official records

Cristian by decade in Norway · Boys

Cristian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Cristian

Cristian and the names beside it

Cristian moved ahead of

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Cristian at a glance

Cristian across 4 official records

Cristian by decade in Norway · Boys

Cristian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Cristian

Cristian and the names beside it

Cristian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cristian

Moved the opposite way to Cristian

Moved the same way as Cristian