Christopher

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #68 for boys in 2025, 4,748 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2
1984 · 60,021 births
Debut · boys
1880
95 births
In top 100 · boys
77 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,069,596
since 1880

Christopher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #2, 1984boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#684,748
2024—#615,082
2023#13,4626#555,198
2022#15,3065#555,589
2021#8,97811#525,863
2020#8,95311#476,216
2019#15,5395#447,022
2018#10,5459#427,341
2017—#398,319
2016#8,39313#369,106
2015#7,61315#329,853
2014#7,30216#3010,390
2013#7,74815#2610,878
2012#6,57619#2311,921
2011#6,85518#2013,027
2010#9,79011#1314,299
2009#5,89123#1016,368
2008#4,00639#917,966
2007#5,52625#620,030
2006#3,85439#819,688
2005#3,25747#1019,174
2004#1,92597#1019,636
2003#3,41242#920,753
2002#4,28029#821,689
2001#3,36840#523,132
2000#2,85450#524,936
1999#2,28365#625,604
1998#2,53054#527,007
1997#2,28359#429,108
1996#1,93074#430,904
1995#1,508104#332,679
1994#1,511103#234,807
1993#1,438112#238,237
1992#1,301130#242,468
1991#1,122158#247,111
1990#981188#252,362
1989#788242#253,186
1988#577354#253,014
1987#533378#254,493
1986#509409#256,693
1985#492415#259,609
1984#505390#260,021
1983#476418#259,324
1982#483430#259,223
1981#621292#250,221
1980#594312#249,079
1979#580314#250,659
1978#576298#347,236
1977#608278#346,721
1976#589276#345,190
1975#560302#346,575
1974#563288#348,585
1973#578275#248,313
1972#621250#252,172
1971#622270#648,225
1970#710217#641,747
1969#774173#735,672
1968#898132#931,468
1967#897130#929,413
1966#999105#1227,866
1965#1,17783#1824,640
1964#1,44361#2319,627
1963#1,36166#2618,339
1962#1,33269#2617,535
1961#1,40663#2617,223
1960#1,56151#2915,361
1959#1,72041#3512,915
1958#1,76238#3911,079
1957#1,70540#438,997
1956#1,89732#478,384
1955#2,02428#497,922
1954#1,87531#646,084
1953#2,12224#636,081
1952#2,67116#576,302
1951#1,46241#615,734
1950#1,67931#724,835
1949#1,73630#814,000
1948#1,57635#1023,036
1947#1,75230#1272,273
1946#2,02421#1501,599
1945#1,58827#1601,138
1944#2,94610#1701,001
1943#2,35215#184888
1942#2,11717#195813
1941#3,5597#215618
1940#3,5037#241499
1939#4,2505#292359
1938#3,1818#313308
1937—#312294
1936—#323277
1935—#334269
1934—#329271
1933—#381205
1932—#354244
1931—#364237
1930—#344267
1929—#337273
1928—#349266
1927—#340285
1926—#353270
1925—#345286
1924—#338297
1923—#342294
1922—#331307
1921—#346291
1920—#339293
1919—#352262
1918—#351272
1917—#340263
1916—#329260
1915—#341242
1914—#321200
1913—#322157
1912—#290151
1911—#28983
1910—#29670
1909—#32550
1908—#29654
1907—#29452
1906—#28649
1905—#28050
1904—#29443
1903—#25750
1902—#27447
1901—#30234
1900—#27755
1899—#25742
1898—#27443
1897—#23257
1896—#20673
1895—#22760
1894—#20272
1893—#15793
1892—#159100
1891—#19962
1890—#20166
1889—#18771
1888—#18779
1887—#20556
1886—#20066
1885—#18371
1884—#19668
1883—#14489
1882—#15589
1881—#17368
1880—#14295
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Christopher was already there! It came in at #142, and was given to 95 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 51 boys a year got the name.

See more about Christopher
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#61 → #68)
  • 21 spots since 2020 (#47 → #68)
  • 36 spots since 2015 (#32 → #68)
  • Biggest jump: 52 spots in 1934 (#381 → #329)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1884 (#144 → #196)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1984 at #2 (60,021 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: 43 yrs · run 1967–2009
  • Top 100: 77 yrs · run 1949–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30
  • Highest: 1 in 30 boys born in 1984 were named Christopher (3.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 360 boys born in 2025 (0.28%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Christopher (554,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s752#142 (1880)#177
1890s668#157 (1893)#211
1900s484#257 (1903)#289
1910s1,960#289 (1911)#323
1920s2,862#331 (1922)#342
1930s2,731#292 (1939)#335
1940s15,865#81 (1949)#163
1950s78,333#35 (1959)#53
1960s237,144#7 (1969)#19
1970s475,423#2 (1972)#3
1980s554,863#2 (1984)#2
1990s360,287#2 (1990)#3
2000s203,372#5 (2000)#8
2010s102,156#13 (2010)#31
2020s32,696#47 (2020)#56

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.

Christopher in 1964

girls
#1,443
61 births · 1 in 31,063 girls
boys
#23
19,627 births · 1 in 102 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,443Christopher61

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #23Christopher19,627
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 31,063 of them was named Christopher, which outranked 81.5% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christopher
  1. #1,433Marlys62
  2. #1,433Stephani62
  3. #1,433Susannah62
  4. #1,443Christopher61
  5. #1,443Bethanne61
  6. #1,443Carroll61
  7. #1,443Celine61
  8. #1,462Cris60
  9. #1,462Darnell60
  10. #1,462Imelda60

Tied with 18 names at #1,443; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 102 of them was named Christopher, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christopher
  1. #20Brian24,167
  2. #21Anthony20,126
  3. #22Gregory19,884
  4. #23Christopher19,627
  5. #24Ronald18,844
  6. #25Donald18,045
  7. #26Gary17,206
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →