Christafer — boys' name
29 babies named Christafer in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 boys have been named Christafer since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 29
- total births
- 1974–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Christafer was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Christafer in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christafer
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Christafer between 1974 and 1998, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christafer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christafer performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Christafer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christafer 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 29 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.
Christafer at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christafer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1974
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
29 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 7 births in a single year.
Christafer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 62% of Christafer's all-time total
Christafer decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Christafer's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1974–1998 (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.