Christoher
Christoher was last recorded in 2007, when 6 babies were given it; 1,094 Americans have been recorded with it between 1961 and 2007 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,010 Americans named Christoher and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 38 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Christoher by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Christoher?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,162, in 2007; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
62 babies in 1984, the peak
Christoher peaked in 1984, when 62 boys were given it, #1,153 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | #11,162 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,740 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,812 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,952 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,015 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,556 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,858 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,951 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,413 | 3.7 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,236 | 5.8 |
Every recorded year (41)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 12 | #4,837 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,570 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,046 | 7.6 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,770 | 8.0 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,687 | 12.4 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,374 | 14.1 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,104 | 16.5 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,646 | 22.5 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,383 | 28.4 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,219 | 33.7 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,244 | 31.9 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,153 | 34.4 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,191 | 32.4 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,220 | 32.0 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,500 | 22.9 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,738 | 18.5 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,638 | 20.3 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,440 | 25.6 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,253 | 30.4 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,059 | 14.7 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,840 | 16.7 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,997 | 14.0 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,466 | 21.8 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,308 | 25.3 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,674 | 15.8 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,710 | 14.0 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,612 | 14.5 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,760 | 5.8 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,155 | 8.0 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,490 | 6.2 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,164 | 2.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Christoher a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Christoher has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 41 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Christoher: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Christoher, and how old are they?
1,010 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 1,094 Americans ever recorded as Christoher. The median Christoher alive today is 43 years old; half are between 38 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 1,858 people named Christoher (3 women and girls, 1,855 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,036 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 377 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 557 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 76 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Christoher
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1960-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Christpher | 1,304 | |
| Dustan | 1,695 | |
| Micahel | 1,412 | |
| Chirstopher | 1,051 | |
| Jereme | 2,226 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Christoher and names like it
- Compare Christoher and ChristpherBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sChristoher peaked in 1984.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Christoher since 1910.
- The top names of 1984The year the most babies were named Christoher.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Christoher alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.