How Many People Are Named Christiana?
An estimated 10,145 people in the United States have the first name Christiana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Christiana peaked in popularity in 1996 with 309 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Christiana as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Christiana paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
10,145
About 1 in 33,786 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
1996
309 births
Total Registered
10,873
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Christiana
Christiana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 10,873 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Christiana as a female name
Ranked #3,224 in 2024
49 female births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (309 births)
Christiana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Christiana span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 2,818 babies were registered. Christiana has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Christiana by Decade
How has Christiana tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Christiana by State
Birth registrations for Christiana span all 36 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon. On average, about 203 Christianas were registered per state.
Christiana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Christiana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Christiana
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Christiana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Christiana?
We estimate approximately 10,145 people named Christiana are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 33,786 Americans share this first name.
Is Christiana a common name?
Christiana is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 97.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 10,873 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Christiana most popular?
Christiana reached peak popularity in 1996, when 309 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Christiana is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Christiana a female name?
Christiana is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Christiana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Christiana Smith, Christiana Johnson, Christiana Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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