Chrisopher — boys' name
753 babies named Chrisopher in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Chrisopher was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Chrisopher in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chrisopher
The Social Security Administration has registered 753 babies named Chrisopher between 1958 and 2015, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chrisopher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chrisopher performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 274 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chrisopher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chrisopher in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chrisopher 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 753 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.
Chrisopher at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chrisopher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1958
- Peak year (1985)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
753 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 44 births in a single year.
Chrisopher by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 274 births that decade — 36% of Chrisopher's all-time total
Chrisopher decade highlights
- Peak decade 274 births
- Runner-up 267 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chrisopher's strongest decade
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Chrisopher by state
Where Chrisopher concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 27 | 3.6% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Montana | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.7% |
27 of 753 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.