Boys' name · since 1962
Christerpher
276 babies named Christerpher in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,095 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 276
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Christerpher is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 276 have been recorded since 1962.
Christerpher has 276 recorded births among boys since 1962, 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 1962 to 2001.
- #11,095 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 276 born since 1962
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christerpher ranks #11,095 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 276 born since 1962, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,095 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 276
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Christerpher's 276 recorded births place it above 75.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christerpher's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Christerpher's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Christerpher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2001
- Peak year (1983)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Christerpher by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (105 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Christerpher's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Christerpher births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
92 births
- 1980s
1980s
105 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 105 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Christerpher's decade-level peak was the 1980s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Christerpher: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1962–2001 (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 Christerpher 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.