Male name
Christian
9,800 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 11.
Origin
From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.From Wiktionary, entry “Christian”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 627 births. 9,800 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 90th among boys' names in 1996. It is still given: 725 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1996: 16,544 births. 473,843 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 21st among boys' names in 2006. It is given to girls (4%) as well as boys (96%). It is still given: 21,389 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2008: 90 births. 1,617 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 88th among boys' names in 2008. It really came into use around 1973. It is still given: 77 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 405,870 | 1900–2025 | 5th in 1952 |
| Switzerland | 41,428* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 21,216 | 1984–2025 | 4th in 1986 |
| Quebec | 4,938 | 1980–2025 | 21st in 1980 |
| Argentina | 1,300 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 877 | 2012–2023 | 53rd in 2015 |
| Belgium | 37 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
3 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 5 = 47 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 9 + 1 = 19 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
3 + 8 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 28 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 6, 7
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.