Cristian

Meaning: Follower of Christ
Origin: Variant of Christian (from Ancient Greek)

Boy's name · #362 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Cristian reached its best rank, #127, in 1995 and ranked #362 in 2025. Roughly 70,000 boys have been named Cristian since 1960.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#64 in Mexico (2024) · #92 in Ecuador (2025) · #247 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #742 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,201 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,368 in Austria (2025) · #1,493 in France (2025) · #1,079 in Canada (2024).

Famous Cristians

Cristian Chivu — Romanian association football player
Cristian Rodríguez — Uruguayan footballer
Cristian Mungiu — Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer (born 1968)
Cristián Zapata — Colombian association football player
Cristian Pavón — Argentine association football player

In stories & tradition

Cristian Vega — One Life to Live (TV series)

What Cristians become

Among 1,324 notable people named Cristian:

Sports figures appear 2.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cristian Chivu, Romanian association football player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Christian (#96), Cristian would rank around #73 with about 4,500 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Christian and Cristian.

Similar names: Christian · Alexis · Cristopher · Hector · Fabian · Tristan

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