Christoffer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Christoffer

The Social Security Administration has registered 728 babies named Christoffer between 1968 and 2020, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christoffer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christoffer performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Christoffer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Christoffer in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christoffer 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 728 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.