Chirstopher — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chirstopher

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,051 babies named Chirstopher between 1960 and 2008, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chirstopher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chirstopher performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 463 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chirstopher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Chirstopher in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chirstopher in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,051 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.