Cristiano
- Pronunciation
- [Cris-ti-a-no]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Christian
- Origin
- Spanish
Cristiano Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,745 baby boys have been named Cristiano. The name peaked in 2015 with 267 US births that year (rank #841). In 2024, ranked #1125 nationally — 284 places below its 2015 peak.
Top States for Cristiano
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Cristiano births are: California (687), Texas (470), New York (243).
Other Spanish-Origin Names Like Cristiano
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9-Letter Names Starting with C
Names with Cristiano's exact length and starting letter: Cachamwri, Cadwallon, Caedwalla, Cailleach, Calandria.
Quick Facts About Cristiano
US Popularity History (2011–2018)
Annual US births named Cristiano by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2015 with 267 boys named Cristiano (boy rank #841 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2018, ranked #936 for boys (224 US births). That's 95 places below its 2015 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Cristiano Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Cristiano the strongest states are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #409 | 26 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #573 | 23 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #634 | 100 |
| 4 | California | #712 | 355 |
| 5 | Colorado | #752 | 35 |
| 6 | Arizona | #788 | 49 |
| 7 | Michigan | #813 | 78 |
| 8 | Florida | #836 | 101 |
| 9 | New York | #837 | 105 |
| 10 | Texas | #840 | 268 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | #912 | 63 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #891 | 24 |
| 3 | Texas | #840 | 268 |
| 4 | New York | #837 | 105 |
| 5 | Florida | #836 | 101 |
| 6 | Michigan | #813 | 78 |
| 7 | Arizona | #788 | 49 |
| 8 | Colorado | #752 | 35 |
| 9 | California | #712 | 355 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #634 | 100 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Cristiano in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Cristiano to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Cristiano against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).