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Christian Names for Boys

There are 36 Christian names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Christian names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christian, the English Jason, the English and Hungarian Jeremiah, the English and German Joel, the English and Polish Edward, the English, German, and Lithuanian Darius, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, and the Dutch, English, French, and German name, Jasper. The unusual Christian names are Aristides (Greek), Benedict (English), Caio (Italian and Welsh), Charalampos (Greek), Clement (English), Constantine (English), Cyprian (English and German), Dorotheus (English and German), Epifanio (Spanish), Erasmus (German), and Germain (French and German).

Christian names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1974, 13.409% of baby boys were given Christian names. There were 15 Christian names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Christian names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 15 Christian names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.300%. Within all Christian names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.

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NAME MATCH:

Christian Popularity Trend of Christian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 23 23 Christian, follower ... boy name Christian is also used as a girl name, but it ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 360 360 breath, vapor; son ... as a pre-Christian martyr, Abel is invoked by ...

Anthony Popularity Trend of Anthony
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 7 7 priceless, inestimable ... (251-356), who founded Christian monasticism; and Saint ...

Aristides excellent kind ... a 2nd-century Athenian Christian philosopher who ...

Benedict Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2008. blessed ... the founder of Christian monastic communities ...

Caio to rejoice; victorious; ... and various early Christian saints. ...

Charalampos to shine from joy ... Saint Charalampos, a Christian bishop and martyr in ...

Clement Popularity Trend of Clement
from 1900 to 2008. merciful, gentle ... was also borne by the Christian theologian Saint ...

Constantine Popularity Trend of Constantine
from 1900 to 2008. steadfast, constant ... (272-337), the first Christian Roman emperor; he ...

Cyprian man from Cyprus ... of the greatest early Christian writers ...

Darius Popularity Trend of Darius
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 318 318 protector, wealthy, ...It was also borne by an early Christian martyr. ...

Dorotheus gift of god ... borne by several early Christian saints, including a ...

Edward Popularity Trend of Edward
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 148 148 guardian of riches ... as the role model of a Christian king across Europe ...

Epifanio manifestation of God ... to the Epiphany, a Christian holiday on January 6 ...

Erasmus beloved, desired ... emphasizing the basic Christian faith based on the ...

Germain brother ... often associated with Christian brotherhood. ...

Jason Popularity Trend of Jason
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 60 60 to heal ... was borne by an early Christian in Thessalonica who ...

Jasper Popularity Trend of Jasper
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 452 452 keeper of the treasure ... traditionally known in Christian folklore as the name of ...

Jeremiah Popularity Trend of Jeremiah
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 69 69 exalted by Yahweh, appointed by Yahweh ... century Puritans and Christian fundamentalists along ...

Joel Popularity Trend of Joel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 113 113 Yahweh is God ... Puritans and other Christian fundamentalists ...


Popularity Trend
for Christian Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Christian Names
in 2006