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
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 60,021 births
- Debut · boys
- 95 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 77 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,069,596since 1880
Christopher over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #68 | 4,748 | |
| 2024 | — | #61 | 5,082 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #55 | 5,198 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #55 | 5,589 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #52 | 5,863 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #47 | 6,216 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #44 | 7,022 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #42 | 7,341 |
| 2017 | — | #39 | 8,319 | |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #36 | 9,106 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #32 | 9,853 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #30 | 10,390 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #26 | 10,878 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #23 | 11,921 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #20 | 13,027 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #13 | 14,299 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #10 | 16,368 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #9 | 17,966 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | #6 | 20,030 |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 | #8 | 19,688 |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | #10 | 19,174 |
| 2004 | #1,925 | 97 | #10 | 19,636 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 | #9 | 20,753 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | #8 | 21,689 |
| 2001 | #3,368 | 40 | #5 | 23,132 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 | #5 | 24,936 |
| 1999 | #2,283 | 65 | #6 | 25,604 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 | #5 | 27,007 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | #4 | 29,108 |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | #4 | 30,904 |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 104 | #3 | 32,679 |
| 1994 | #1,511 | 103 | #2 | 34,807 |
| 1993 | #1,438 | 112 | #2 | 38,237 |
| 1992 | #1,301 | 130 | #2 | 42,468 |
| 1991 | #1,122 | 158 | #2 | 47,111 |
| 1990 | #981 | 188 | #2 | 52,362 |
| 1989 | #788 | 242 | #2 | 53,186 |
| 1988 | #577 | 354 | #2 | 53,014 |
| 1987 | #533 | 378 | #2 | 54,493 |
| 1986 | #509 | 409 | #2 | 56,693 |
| 1985 | #492 | 415 | #2 | 59,609 |
| 1984 | #505 | 390 | #2 | 60,021 |
| 1983 | #476 | 418 | #2 | 59,324 |
| 1982 | #483 | 430 | #2 | 59,223 |
| 1981 | #621 | 292 | #2 | 50,221 |
| 1980 | #594 | 312 | #2 | 49,079 |
| 1979 | #580 | 314 | #2 | 50,659 |
| 1978 | #576 | 298 | #3 | 47,236 |
| 1977 | #608 | 278 | #3 | 46,721 |
| 1976 | #589 | 276 | #3 | 45,190 |
| 1975 | #560 | 302 | #3 | 46,575 |
| 1974 | #563 | 288 | #3 | 48,585 |
| 1973 | #578 | 275 | #2 | 48,313 |
| 1972 | #621 | 250 | #2 | 52,172 |
| 1971 | #622 | 270 | #6 | 48,225 |
| 1970 | #710 | 217 | #6 | 41,747 |
| 1969 | #774 | 173 | #7 | 35,672 |
| 1968 | #898 | 132 | #9 | 31,468 |
| 1967 | #897 | 130 | #9 | 29,413 |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 | #12 | 27,866 |
| 1965 | #1,177 | 83 | #18 | 24,640 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | #23 | 19,627 |
| 1963 | #1,361 | 66 | #26 | 18,339 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 | #26 | 17,535 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 63 | #26 | 17,223 |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | #29 | 15,361 |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 | #35 | 12,915 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 | #39 | 11,079 |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | #43 | 8,997 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | #47 | 8,384 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | #49 | 7,922 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | #64 | 6,084 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | #63 | 6,081 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #57 | 6,302 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | #61 | 5,734 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | #72 | 4,835 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 | #81 | 4,000 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | #102 | 3,036 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | #127 | 2,273 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #150 | 1,599 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 | #160 | 1,138 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #170 | 1,001 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #184 | 888 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #195 | 813 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #215 | 618 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #241 | 499 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #292 | 359 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #313 | 308 |
| 1937 | — | #312 | 294 | |
| 1936 | — | #323 | 277 | |
| 1935 | — | #334 | 269 | |
| 1934 | — | #329 | 271 | |
| 1933 | — | #381 | 205 | |
| 1932 | — | #354 | 244 | |
| 1931 | — | #364 | 237 | |
| 1930 | — | #344 | 267 | |
| 1929 | — | #337 | 273 | |
| 1928 | — | #349 | 266 | |
| 1927 | — | #340 | 285 | |
| 1926 | — | #353 | 270 | |
| 1925 | — | #345 | 286 | |
| 1924 | — | #338 | 297 | |
| 1923 | — | #342 | 294 | |
| 1922 | — | #331 | 307 | |
| 1921 | — | #346 | 291 | |
| 1920 | — | #339 | 293 | |
| 1919 | — | #352 | 262 | |
| 1918 | — | #351 | 272 | |
| 1917 | — | #340 | 263 | |
| 1916 | — | #329 | 260 | |
| 1915 | — | #341 | 242 | |
| 1914 | — | #321 | 200 | |
| 1913 | — | #322 | 157 | |
| 1912 | — | #290 | 151 | |
| 1911 | — | #289 | 83 | |
| 1910 | — | #296 | 70 | |
| 1909 | — | #325 | 50 | |
| 1908 | — | #296 | 54 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #286 | 49 | |
| 1905 | — | #280 | 50 | |
| 1904 | — | #294 | 43 | |
| 1903 | — | #257 | 50 | |
| 1902 | — | #274 | 47 | |
| 1901 | — | #302 | 34 | |
| 1900 | — | #277 | 55 | |
| 1899 | — | #257 | 42 | |
| 1898 | — | #274 | 43 | |
| 1897 | — | #232 | 57 | |
| 1896 | — | #206 | 73 | |
| 1895 | — | #227 | 60 | |
| 1894 | — | #202 | 72 | |
| 1893 | — | #157 | 93 | |
| 1892 | — | #159 | 100 | |
| 1891 | — | #199 | 62 | |
| 1890 | — | #201 | 66 | |
| 1889 | — | #187 | 71 | |
| 1888 | — | #187 | 79 | |
| 1887 | — | #205 | 56 | |
| 1886 | — | #200 | 66 | |
| 1885 | — | #183 | 71 | |
| 1884 | — | #196 | 68 | |
| 1883 | — | #144 | 89 | |
| 1882 | — | #155 | 89 | |
| 1881 | — | #173 | 68 | |
| 1880 | — | #142 | 95 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1984 at #2 (60,021 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: 43 yrs · run 1967–2009
- Top 100: 77 yrs · run 1949–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 30 boys born in 1984 were named Christopher (3.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 360 boys born in 2025 (0.28%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Christopher (554,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 752 | #142 (1880) | #177 |
| 1890s | 668 | #157 (1893) | #211 |
| 1900s | 484 | #257 (1903) | #289 |
| 1910s | 1,960 | #289 (1911) | #323 |
| 1920s | 2,862 | #331 (1922) | #342 |
| 1930s | 2,731 | #292 (1939) | #335 |
| 1940s | 15,865 | #81 (1949) | #163 |
| 1950s | 78,333 | #35 (1959) | #53 |
| 1960s | 237,144 | #7 (1969) | #19 |
| 1970s | 475,423 | #2 (1972) | #3 |
| 1980s | 554,863 | #2 (1984) | #2 |
| 1990s | 360,287 | #2 (1990) | #3 |
| 2000s | 203,372 | #5 (2000) | #8 |
| 2010s | 102,156 | #13 (2010) | #31 |
| 2020s | 32,696 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 5,713 of them was named Christopher, which outranked 94.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 36 of them was named Christopher, which outranked 100.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.