Christoper — boys' name
3,161 babies named Christoper in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
3,161 boys have been named Christoper since 1950, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2025.
- 3,161
- total births
- 1950–2025
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Christoper was born in this single decade.
117 babies were named Christoper in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christoper
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,161 babies named Christoper between 1950 and 2025, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Christoper currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 117 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christoper performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 998 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Christoper shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 391 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Christoper in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christoper 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 3,161 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.
Christoper at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christoper popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1950
- Peak year (1985)
- 117
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
3,161 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 117 births in a single year.
Christoper by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 998 births that decade — 32% of Christoper's all-time total
Christoper decade highlights
- Peak decade 998 births
- Runner-up 812 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Christoper's strongest decade
998 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Christoper by state
Where Christoper concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 391 | 12.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 180 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 177 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 76 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 61 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 57 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 35 | 1.1% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 21 | 0.7% |
391 of 3,161 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.4% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Christoper appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1950–2025 (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.