We measured US Google searches for "[song] lyrics" in December 2025 for 74 well-known Christmas songs, from carols to 2021 releases. Songs released in 1995 or later got 6% of the searches. The rest went to songs from 1994 or earlier. All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) is the newest song in the top 20, at No. 12. The most-searched post-1994 song is Santa Tell Me (Ariana Grande) (2014), at No. 24 with 74,000 searches, against 550,000 for Silent Night at No. 1. Taylor Swift's Christmas Tree Farm (2019) had 18,100 lyric searches, fewer than Feliz Navidad, Jingle Bell Rock or O Holy Night.
Every song, ranked by "[song] lyrics" searches in December 2025 (US)
| Rank | Song | Year | Searches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silent Night | 1818 | 550,000 |
| 2 | Jingle Bells | 1857 | 450,000 |
| 3 | Last Christmas (Wham!) | 1984 | 368,000 |
| 4 | Mary Did You Know | 1991 | 368,000 |
| 5 | Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer | 1949 | 301,000 |
| 6 | Frosty The Snowman | 1950 | 301,000 |
| 7 | Feliz Navidad | 1970 | 301,000 |
| 8 | O Holy Night | 1847 | 301,000 |
| 9 | Jingle Bell Rock | 1957 | 246,000 |
| 10 | Carol Of The Bells | 1936 | 246,000 |
| 11 | Rockin Around The Christmas Tree | 1958 | 201,000 |
| 12 | All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey) | 1994 | 201,000 |
| 13 | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | 1944 | 135,000 |
| 14 | It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas | 1951 | 135,000 |
| 15 | Winter Wonderland | 1934 | 135,000 |
| 16 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 1934 | 135,000 |
| 17 | White Christmas | 1942 | 110,000 |
| 18 | Let It Snow | 1945 | 110,000 |
| 19 | Fairytale Of New York | 1987 | 90,500 |
| 20 | Silver Bells | 1950 | 74,000 |
| 21 | Sleigh Ride | 1950 | 74,000 |
| 22 | It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | 1963 | 74,000 |
| 23 | Do You Hear What I Hear | 1962 | 74,000 |
| 24 | Santa Tell Me (Ariana Grande) | 2014 | 74,000 |
| 25 | Blue Christmas | 1948 | 60,500 |
| 26 | Run Rudolph Run | 1958 | 60,500 |
| 27 | Mele Kalikimaka | 1949 | 60,500 |
| 28 | Where Are You Christmas? (Faith Hill) | 2000 | 60,500 |
| 29 | The Christmas Song | 1946 | 49,500 |
| 30 | Underneath the Tree (Kelly Clarkson) | 2013 | 49,500 |
| 31 | Do They Know It's Christmas | 1984 | 40,500 |
| 32 | Here Comes Santa Claus | 1947 | 40,500 |
| 33 | This Christmas | 1970 | 40,500 |
| 34 | Christmas Wrapping | 1981 | 33,100 |
| 35 | Christmas Time Is Here | 1965 | 33,100 |
| 36 | Please Come Home For Christmas | 1960 | 33,100 |
| 37 | Mistletoe (Justin Bieber) | 2011 | 33,100 |
| 38 | Snowman (Sia) | 2017 | 33,100 |
| 39 | Christmas Canon (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) | 1998 | 33,100 |
| 40 | Wonderful Christmastime | 1979 | 27,100 |
| 41 | Someday At Christmas | 1966 | 22,200 |
| 42 | Happy Xmas War Is Over | 1971 | 18,100 |
| 43 | Grown Up Christmas List | 1990 | 18,100 |
| 44 | Christmas In Hollis | 1987 | 18,100 |
| 45 | Same Old Lang Syne | 1980 | 18,100 |
| 46 | Christmas Tree Farm (Taylor Swift) | 2019 | 18,100 |
| 47 | Little Saint Nick | 1963 | 14,800 |
| 48 | Santa Can't You Hear Me (Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande) | 2021 | 14,800 |
| 49 | Step Into Christmas | 1973 | 9,900 |
| 50 | You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Gwen Stefani) | 2017 | 9,900 |
| 51 | Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays (*NSYNC) | 1998 | 9,900 |
| 52 | Christmas Lights Coldplay | 2010 | 6,600 |
| 53 | Oh Santa | 2010 | 5,400 |
| 54 | I'll Be Home For Christmas | 1943 | 4,400 |
| 55 | The Man With The Bag | 1950 | 4,400 |
| 56 | My Only Wish This Year | 2000 | 4,400 |
| 57 | Believe Josh Groban | 2004 | 4,400 |
| 58 | 8 Days Of Christmas | 2001 | 2,900 |
| 59 | Mistletoe And Holly | 1957 | 2,900 |
| 60 | A Holly Jolly Christmas | 1964 | 2,400 |
| 61 | Hey Santa | 1993 | 1,600 |
| 62 | Cozy Little Christmas | 2018 | 1,600 |
| 63 | Shake Up Christmas | 2010 | 1,300 |
| 64 | One More Sleep | 2013 | 1,300 |
| 65 | Wrapped In Red | 2013 | 1,300 |
| 66 | Light Of Christmas | 2010 | 720 |
| 67 | Make It To Christmas | 2019 | 720 |
| 68 | Christmas Eve Kelly Clarkson | 2013 | 480 |
| 69 | It Must Have Been The Mistletoe | 1980 | 260 |
| 70 | It's Christmas Time Again | 2016 | 140 |
| 71 | Santas Coming For Us | 2017 | 90 |
| 72 | Christmas Without You Ava Max | 2020 | 70 |
| 73 | Christmas Isnt Canceled | 2021 | 50 |
| 74 | You're A Mean One Mr Grinch | 1966 | 20 |
What it means
Holiday playlists recycle the same songs every year. The most-searched pick is rarely the most personal one, and a personalized song built around one person's name and story is the version nobody else has. If you have a hook of your own, an AI song generator can turn it into a full track with vocals in a few minutes.
Method
- Google search volume, US, English, monthly value for December 2025.
- We used "[title] lyrics" rather than the bare title, because many titles are also films or products (This Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, Christmas Tree Farm).
- The list is 74 songs: the evergreen Christmas standards plus the best-known candidates written since 1995. Year is when the song was first written or released, not the latest cover. Traditional carols are counted at their original dates.
- Dropped: hallelujah pentatonix (a cover of a 1984 song that is not a Christmas song); all i want for christmas is you justin bieber (a cover of the 1994 original, which is already counted).
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