Kristofer
#3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 349 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,791since 1945
Kristofer over time
Rank among boys' names. Kristofer has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,583 | 31 |
| 2024 | #3,455 | 33 |
| 2023 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #3,074 | 39 |
| 2020 | #2,925 | 40 |
| 2019 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #2,450 | 52 |
| 2016 | #2,437 | 52 |
| 2015 | #2,457 | 51 |
| 2014 | #2,230 | 60 |
| 2013 | #2,492 | 49 |
| 2012 | #1,891 | 76 |
| 2011 | #1,601 | 96 |
| 2010 | #1,697 | 90 |
| 2009 | #1,910 | 75 |
| 2008 | #1,284 | 135 |
| 2007 | #1,387 | 118 |
| 2006 | #1,255 | 133 |
| 2005 | #1,431 | 103 |
| 2004 | #1,114 | 142 |
| 2003 | #1,134 | 133 |
| 2002 | #985 | 160 |
| 2001 | #926 | 167 |
| 2000 | #829 | 193 |
| 1999 | #859 | 176 |
| 1998 | #812 | 185 |
| 1997 | #725 | 214 |
| 1996 | #721 | 218 |
| 1995 | #698 | 229 |
| 1994 | #602 | 298 |
| 1993 | #581 | 313 |
| 1992 | #568 | 322 |
| 1991 | #568 | 316 |
| 1990 | #542 | 340 |
| 1989 | #529 | 328 |
| 1988 | #505 | 329 |
| 1987 | #476 | 346 |
| 1986 | #505 | 301 |
| 1985 | #528 | 273 |
| 1984 | #556 | 240 |
| 1983 | #537 | 244 |
| 1982 | #504 | 284 |
| 1981 | #562 | 231 |
| 1980 | #580 | 219 |
| 1979 | #543 | 247 |
| 1978 | #421 | 349 |
| 1977 | #425 | 345 |
| 1976 | #555 | 210 |
| 1975 | #616 | 175 |
| 1974 | #577 | 193 |
| 1973 | #673 | 141 |
| 1972 | #770 | 107 |
| 1971 | #955 | 73 |
| 1970 | #1,132 | 53 |
| 1969 | #1,326 | 36 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
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| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
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| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
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| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kristofer! It came in at #3,338, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1948, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kristofer is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#164 · 1 in 1,637
- Oregon#207 · 1 in 1,647
- Massachusetts#240 · 1 in 3,014
- Colorado#249 · 1 in 2,013
- New Jersey#266 · 1 in 2,299
Best ever in a state: #151 in Maine, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #164 | 18 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Oregon | #207 | 11 | 1 in 1,647 |
| Massachusetts | #240 | 11 | 1 in 3,014 |
| Colorado | #249 | 10 | 1 in 2,013 |
| New Jersey | #266 | 18 | 1 in 2,299 |
| Wisconsin | #271 | 9 | 1 in 3,570 |
| Connecticut | #274 | 6 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Arizona | #278 | 10 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Maryland | #283 | 7 | 1 in 3,049 |
| Indiana | #302 | 11 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Iowa | #303 | 5 | 1 in 4,217 |
| Ohio | #306 | 20 | 1 in 3,853 |
| Washington | #320 | 8 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Oklahoma | #353 | 6 | 1 in 3,309 |
| Illinois | #364 | 22 | 1 in 3,609 |
| Pennsylvania | #413 | 11 | 1 in 6,670 |
| California | #423 | 41 | 1 in 4,120 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 7 | 1 in 5,310 |
| Missouri | #462 | 5 | 1 in 6,992 |
| Michigan | #501 | 8 | 1 in 8,031 |
| New York | #502 | 18 | 1 in 6,125 |
| Texas | #517 | 21 | 1 in 5,482 |
| Florida | #648 | 6 | 1 in 8,501 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kristofer
- 128 spots since 2024 (#3,455 → #3,583)
- 658 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,583)
- 1,126 spots since 2015 (#2,457 → #3,583)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1972 (#955 → #770)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 2003 (#985 → #1,134)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1978 at #421 (349 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1971–2002
- Highest: 1 in 4,704 boys born in 1978 were named Kristofer (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.5% of all boys named Kristofer (2,795) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 12 | #3,019 (1949) | #3,179 |
| 1950s | 68 | #2,093 (1958) | #2,736 |
| 1960s | 247 | #1,326 (1969) | #1,642 |
| 1970s | 1,893 | #421 (1978) | #667 |
| 1980s | 2,795 | #476 (1987) | #528 |
| 1990s | 2,611 | #542 (1990) | #668 |
| 2000s | 1,359 | #829 (2000) | #1,226 |
| 2010s | 605 | #1,601 (2011) | #2,330 |
| 2020s | 201 | #2,925 (2020) | #3,435 |
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.
Kristofer in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,704 of them was named Kristofer, which outranked 93.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).