Boys' name · since 1972
Christifer
Christifer has 179 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 179
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
179 boys have been named Christifer since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Christifer has 179 recorded births among boys since 1972, 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 1972 to 2007.
- #13,635 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 179 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christifer ranks #13,635 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 179 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 179
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Christifer's 179 recorded births place it above 69.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christifer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Christifer splits its recorded history at 1985: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Christifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2007
- Peak year (1983)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Christifer by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Christifer's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Christifer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Christifer's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2000s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Christifer: 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 (~35 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, 1972–2007 (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 Christifer 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.