Kristian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kristian: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #9 in 1994, and it stood at #102 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
168times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#9highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for
31names it appears alongside

What stands out in Kristian's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 56 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 31 other names across 7 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#169
1997	#172
1998	#198
1999	#239
2000	#267
2001	#243
2002	#262
2003	#275
2004	#244
2005	#267
2006	#288
2007	#284
2008	#310
2009	#366
2010	#457
2011	#528
2012	#434
2013	#581
2014	#520
2015	#506
2016	#525
2017	#581
2018	#535
2019	#740
2020	#719
2021	#790
2022	#771
2023	#910
2024	#1000

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #99 among boys in Norway, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #79 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #9 among boys in Norway, in 1994 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #102 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Kristian appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 16,873 births with the name.

Kristian 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.

Kristian'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
Norway · Boys	#79 (1945)	#9 (1994)	#102 (2025)	81 of 81	16,873 (1945–2025)	471 (1995)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#288 (1974)	#253 (1977)	#631 (2021)	41 of 48	245 (1974–2021)	15 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#169 (1996)	#169 (1996)	#1000 (2024)	29 of 29	2,788 (1996–2024)	202 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#210 (1997)	#167 (2006)	#398 (2014)	17 of 18	98 (1997–2014)	12 (2006)

Kristian 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 Kristian in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	338	5 of 10	68
1950s	529	10 of 10	53
1960s	715	10 of 10	72
1970s	1,956	10 of 10	196
1980s	3,716	10 of 10	372
1990sbusiest	4,377	10 of 10	438
2000s	3,110	10 of 10	311
2010s	1,677	10 of 10	168
2020s	455	6 of 10	76

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 438 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1977 and 1978, when recorded births rose by 65, from 251 to 316.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kristian 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 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in Norway in 1995.

Kristian'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#910	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#771	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#740	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#535	72	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#581	65	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#525	74	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#506	76	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#520	73	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#581	61	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#434	91	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#528	66	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#457	81	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#366	106	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#310	130	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#284	141	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#288	125	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#267	124	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#244	135	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#275	109	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#262	108	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#243	118	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#267	105	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#239	127	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#198	163	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#172	199	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#169	202	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#167	12	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#192	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#219	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#201	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#102	63	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#99	62	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#78	92	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#86	79	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#79	81	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#77	78	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#75	101	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#67	115	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#60	133	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#62	128	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#44	163	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#44	166	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#40	177	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#38	191	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#24	240	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#20	263	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#27	240	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#23	268	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#17	297	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#19	290	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#16	321	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#19	307	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#17	311	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#16	352	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#16	354	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#15	370	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#10	413	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#10	435	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#11	427	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#10	450	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#9	471	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#9	466	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#15	420	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#14	421	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#12	445	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#15	429	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#15	417	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#13	422	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#16	365	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#14	374	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#15	353	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#16	341	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#13	370	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#13	380	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#13	338	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#12	356	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#18	316	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#18	316	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#25	251	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#39	205	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#41	195	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#41	185	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#67	129	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#62	141	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#64	131	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#94	87	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#89	97	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#106	71	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#92	87	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#109	67	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#105	69	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#110	68	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#106	69	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#111	58	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#104	64	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#101	65	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#112	55	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#113	56	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#144	34	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#108	60	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#106	60	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#104	57	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#144	33	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#111	53	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#98	68	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#108	53	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#84	79	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#123	45	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#108	56	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#94	71	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#79	87	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	13	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	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 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #9, first reached in 1994.

It held a top-100 place in 61 years, 56 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 471 births, registered in Norway in 1995.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1974, and 52 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.

Kristers · #473, 14y
Kristi · #185, 60y
Kristiana · #705, 22y
Kristiane · #191, 42y

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.

Kristin · #5, 81y
Elin · #4, 81y
Liv · #3, 81y
Marianne · #2, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alan · #9, 78y
Astrid · #9, 81y
Hanne · #9, 80y
Helen · #9, 81y

Comparisons involving Kristian

Existing comparison pages where Kristian and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Kristian in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Kristian vs Roger
In 1945 they stood at #79 and #86 in Norway · Boys, 7 places apart; by 2013 they were #40 and #514.
Kristian · Roger · 62 shared years, 1945–2013 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2013 Norway ranking
Kristian vs Vidar
In 1945 they stood at #79 and #71 in Norway · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #102 and #478.
Kristian · Vidar · 78 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Harry vs Kristian
In 1945 they stood at #70 and #79 in Norway · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2019 they were #431 and #75.
Harry · Kristian · 46 shared years, 1945–2019 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2019 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Kristian and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Sander vs Kristian
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Kristian in Norway · Boys — #23 and #11 the year before became #3 and #10.
Sander · Kristian · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Jonas vs Kristian
In 1995, Jonas moved ahead of Kristian in Norway · Boys — #12 and #9 the year before became #7 and #9.
Jonas · Kristian · 77 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1995 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Kristian measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Kristian at its highest position.

Aksel vs Kristian
Aksel and Kristian were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #25 and #102.
Aksel · Kristian · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anders vs Kristian
Anders and Kristian were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #293 and #102.
Anders · Kristian · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Kristian
Andreas and Kristian were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #102.
Andreas · Kristian · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Kristian was ranked #9 in Norway · Boys in 1994. 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.

Kristian 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 Kristian without appearing here.

Kristian moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #527 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #387 and #730.
Marius Compare
In 2018 they stood at #749 and #749 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #466 and #764.
Phillip Compare
In 2008 they stood at #281 and #204 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #200 and #390.
Gregory Compare
In 2013 they stood at #581 and #581 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #520 and #695.

Moved ahead of Kristian

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #719 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #790 and #433.
Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #257 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #241.
Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #535 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #740 and #493.
Denis Compare
In 2012 they stood at #434 and #460 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #581 and #359.

Moved the opposite way to Kristian

Stein Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Kristian went from #79 to #44 while Stein went from #42 to #503.
Roger Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Kristian went from #79 to #40 while Roger went from #86 to #514.
Ronny Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Kristian went from #79 to #24 while Ronny went from #250 to #515.
Glenn Compare
Between 1948 and 2012 in Norway · Boys, Kristian went from #123 to #38 while Glenn went from #329 to #545.

Moved the same way as Kristian

Alfred Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kristian went from #288 to #631 and Alfred from #218 to #336.
Daithi Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kristian went from #288 to #631 and Daithi from #321 to #755.
Denis Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kristian went from #288 to #631 and Denis from #44 to #182.
Edward Compare
Between 1974 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kristian went from #288 to #631 and Edward from #25 to #97.

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 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in Norway in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kristian

Kristian at a glance

What stands out in Kristian's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kristian across 4 official records

Kristian by decade in Norway · Boys

Kristian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Kristian

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Kristian

Kristian and the names beside it

Kristian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristian

Moved the opposite way to Kristian

Moved the same way as Kristian

Kristian at a glance

What stands out in Kristian's record

Kristian across 4 official records

Kristian by decade in Norway · Boys

Kristian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Kristian

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Kristian

Kristian and the names beside it

Kristian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristian

Moved the opposite way to Kristian

Moved the same way as Kristian