How Many People Are Named Christiane?

2,093

people named Christiane are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 163,299 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,263 babies named Christiane in Social Security records from 1946 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,550

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,660

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Peak Year

1971

87 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: German, French
Pronunciation: kris-TYA-nə (German), KREES-TYAN (French)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

German and French feminine form of CHRISTIAN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Christiane (99.7%) were girls. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 96.5% in the 2000s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Christiane alive today is about 46 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 57 in 2025.

Under 30 359
17.2%
30 to 59 1,322
63.2%
60 and over 412
19.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Christiane first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1971, to 87 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.

Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2020

🏆 Rank History

Christiane has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,266, in 1971.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,266 (1971)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,614 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Christiane alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Christiane were born in California than in any other state: about 284 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Christiane was given 5 times as often in California and 2.6 times in New York.

California 284
New York 103
Texas 44
Illinois 20
Michigan 17
Pennsylvania 13
Florida 10
Connecticut 5
Ohio 5
New Jersey 4

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