Christipher — boys' name
620 babies named Christipher in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Christipher was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Christipher in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christipher
The Social Security Administration has registered 620 babies named Christipher between 1966 and 2009, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christipher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christipher performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Christipher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Christipher in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christipher 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 620 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.
Christipher at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christipher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1966
- Peak year (1987)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
620 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 35 births in a single year.
Christipher by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 253 births that decade — 41% of Christipher's all-time total
Christipher decade highlights
- Peak decade 253 births
- Runner-up 151 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Christipher's strongest decade
253 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Christipher by state
Where Christipher concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 5.8% |
36 of 620 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.8% 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, 1966–2009 (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.