Christain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-chun
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Christain is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Christain mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Christian
“follower of Christ”
A variant spelling of Christian, from Greek Christianos 'follower of Christ'.
Is Christain a girl's or a boy's name?
Christain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Christain, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Christain in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,698 boys in the US were given Christain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Christian 3,641
- Khristian 44
- Christiaan 7
- Christain 6
In 2001, 11% of the babies named Christain in the US were girls.
Christain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 72 | #1,644 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,437 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,404 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,418 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,356 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 80 | #1,307 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,768 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
Nicknames for Christain
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Christain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cristian, Jason, Colin, Caleb, Colton, Lucas, Damian, Jordan, Ethan, Carson, Justin, Austin
Other spellings of Christain
Names related to Christain
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Christain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christain, updated 20 October 2026.