Christon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-ten
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Christon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Christon mean?
Greek: spelling of Christen; Danish and Norwegian form of Christian
“follower of Christ”
Meaning borrowed from Christen.
Is Christon a girl's or a boy's name?
Christon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Christon, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the boys named Christon in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Christon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Christon in the US in 1975, and 19% in 1999.
Christon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
Nicknames for Christon
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Christon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jason, Colton, Cristian, Carson, Mason, Tyson, Caleb, Lucas, Cameron, Jackson, Weston, Ashton
Other spellings of Christon
Names related to Christon
Christian, Christiano, Christin, Carston, Christain, Chrystian
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, “Christon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christon, updated 20 October 2026.