Chistopher
Chistopher was given to 7 boys in 2025, #9,888 among boys’ names; 1,446 Americans have been recorded with it since 1958 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,340 Americans named Chistopher and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 35 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chistopher by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Chistopher?
#9,888 among boys’ names, 2025
Chistopher rose from #12,411 in 2015 to #9,888 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 4.1 per million.
59 babies in 1985, the peak
Chistopher peaked in 1985, when 59 boys were given it, #1,243 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,888 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,507 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,024 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,974 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,411 | 2.6 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,985 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,037 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,070 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,258 | 4.7 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,131 | 4.0 |
Every recorded year (60)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 18 | #5,093 | 8.8 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,668 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,528 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,322 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,746 | 12.1 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,808 | 5.1 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,609 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,166 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,326 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,373 | 8.3 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,914 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,998 | 6.4 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,757 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,835 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,326 | 7.2 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,791 | 12.7 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,120 | 10.5 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,548 | 13.4 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,259 | 15.1 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,202 | 15.5 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,995 | 16.7 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,439 | 26.8 |
| 1986 | 48 | #1,442 | 26.1 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,243 | 31.9 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,215 | 31.6 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,474 | 23.4 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,219 | 32.0 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,338 | 27.4 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,572 | 21.3 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,274 | 30.2 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,453 | 25.0 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,492 | 23.1 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,353 | 27.4 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,458 | 23.7 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,135 | 33.1 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,109 | 34.6 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,475 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,296 | 23.7 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,466 | 17.8 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,059 | 9.5 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,580 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,859 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,825 | 10.1 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,927 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,225 | 7.0 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,557 | 5.4 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,205 | 6.8 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,740 | 4.7 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,705 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,046 | 2.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Chistopher a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Chistopher has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 60 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Chistopher: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chistopher, and how old are they?
1,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 1,446 Americans ever recorded as Chistopher. The median Chistopher alive today is 43 years old; half are between 35 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 1,996 people named Chistopher (3 women and girls, 1,993 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,358 born in the U.S. The Census count is 47% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 50 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 498 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 551 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 202 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 35 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Chistopher born?
The states with the most babies named Chistopher are California, Texas and New York, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 164 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 76 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Chistopher with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Chistopher
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1950-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Christoper | 3,161 | |
| Antione | 4,880 | |
| Chadd | 2,456 | |
| Chadrick | 2,416 | |
| Brain | 4,606 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Chistopher and names like it
- Compare Chistopher and ChristoperBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sChistopher peaked in 1985.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chistopher since 1910.
- The top names of 1985The year the most babies were named Chistopher.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Chistopher alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.