Boys' name · since 1973
Charistopher
97 babies named Charistopher in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,591 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 97
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charistopher sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 97 recorded since 1973.
Charistopher has 97 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1991.
- #17,591 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 97 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charistopher ranks #17,591 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,591 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 97
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charistopher's 97 recorded births place it above 61.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charistopher's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charistopher splits its recorded history at 1985: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charistopher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1991
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Charistopher by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (72 births, 74% of the file).
1980s was Charistopher's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Charistopher births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 72 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Charistopher's decade-level peak was the 1980s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charistopher: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Charistopher draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.