Christophe

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1955 · 325 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,476
since 1929

Christophe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Christophe has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #405, 1955boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#8,3129
2023
2022#8,3009
2021#8,8258
2020#9,5547
2019#7,64310
2018#8,1549
2017
2016#7,15711
2015#12,0865
2014#6,63212
2013#8,7898
2012#9,7097
2011#7,50210
2010#7,08711
2009#8,3109
2008#6,07014
2007#4,80819
2006#5,07217
2005#5,57814
2004#5,49214
2003#5,55813
2002#4,70316
2001#4,67616
2000#4,78515
1999#2,66532
1998#3,39022
1997#3,06424
1996#2,67928
1995#3,43219
1994#3,10922
1993#2,39931
1992#2,90923
1991#3,22419
1990#1,94639
1989#1,89139
1988#1,90934
1987#1,65541
1986#1,61740
1985#1,48545
1984#1,65635
1983#1,59437
1982#1,92928
1981#1,76632
1980#1,54739
1979#1,53238
1978#1,76030
1977#1,82328
1976#2,32919
1975#1,53034
1974#1,47135
1973#1,26842
1972#98468
1971#1,18148
1970#98967
1969#1,05054
1968#1,01753
1967#1,11744
1966#1,02750
1965#89068
1964#1,08249
1963#99458
1962#89672
1961#87476
1960#760102
1959#691122
1958#590172
1957#498244
1956#439292
1955#405325
1954#439273
1953#430271
1952#410282
1951#461217
1950#544156
1949#69896
1948#1,00149
1947#1,59922
1946#1,88415
1945#2,5748
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five boys were named Christophe! It came in at #3,959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1929–1944, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Christophe
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1949 (#1,001#698)
  • Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1973 (#984#1,268)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1955 at #405 (325 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1949–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,338
  • Highest: 1 in 6,338 boys born in 1955 were named Christophe (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 52.6% of all boys named Christophe (2,354) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#3,959 (1929)#3,959
1930s0
1940s190#698 (1949)#1,551
1950s2,354#405 (1955)#491
1960s626#760 (1960)#971
1970s409#984 (1972)#1,487
1980s370#1,485 (1985)#1,705
1990s259#1,946 (1990)#2,882
2000s147#4,676 (2001)#5,505
2010s83#6,632 (2014)#8,307
2020s33#8,300 (2022)#8,748

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Christophe in 1959

boys
#691
122 births · 1 in 17,496 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #691Christophe122
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 17,496 of them was named Christophe, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christophe
  1. #686Ivory123
  2. #686Jarvis123
  3. #686Yancy123
  4. #691Christophe122
  5. #691Augustine122
  6. #691Burt122
  7. #691Jerrold122
  8. #700Linda121
  9. #700Wes121
  10. #702Adolph120

Tied with 8 names at #691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959