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Baby name
Christian
Boy
Origin of the name
Christian comes from the Latin christianus, “Christian,” from the name of Christ. Very common in Northern Europe, it was borne by ten kings of Denmark.
Short-lived name
453,968births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 22rank at its peak, in 2000
Where babies named Christian are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Christian is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Christian is most common in Nevada (2.5 times), Florida (1.8) and Arizona (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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