Christophe
Christophe was last recorded in 2024, when 9 babies were given it; 4,476 Americans have been recorded with it between 1929 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,370 Americans named Christophe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 46 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Christophe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Christophe mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Christophe is “a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher”
/kʁis.tɔf/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Christophe?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,440, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
325 babies in 1955, the peak
Christophe peaked in 1955, when 325 boys were given it, #404 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,440 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,432 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,974 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,761 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,742 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,283 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,227 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,416 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,707 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,940 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7 | #9,894 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,597 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,158 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,416 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,117 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,837 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,105 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,616 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,538 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,605 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,731 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,704 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,815 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,672 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,399 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,078 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,685 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,444 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,119 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,403 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,918 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,228 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,944 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,907 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,489 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,600 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,536 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,830 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,346 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,475 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 68 | #985 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,184 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 67 | #992 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,051 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,019 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,120 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,031 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 68 | #891 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,086 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 58 | #993 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 72 | #895 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 76 | #873 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 102 | #759 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 122 | #692 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 172 | #589 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 244 | #497 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 292 | #438 | 0.14 |
| 1955 | 325 | #404 | 0.16 |
| 1954 | 273 | #438 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 271 | #429 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 282 | #409 | 0.15 |
| 1951 | 217 | #460 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 156 | #543 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 96 | #698 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,003 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,604 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,893 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,596 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,058 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Christophe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Christophe has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 79 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Christophe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Christophe, and how old are they?
3,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 4,476 Americans ever recorded as Christophe. The median Christophe alive today is 66 years old; half are between 46 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 4,073 people named Christophe (16 women and girls, 4,057 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,637 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Christophe rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,920 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 628 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 485 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 248 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 87 |
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).
Where are babies named Christophe born?
The states with the most babies named Christophe are California, New York and Texas, with 60% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,009 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| New York | 218 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 205 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 112 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 109 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 105 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Washington | 97 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 66 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Mexico | 50 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Oregon | 50 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Christophe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Christophe is most over-represented in California: since 1929 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Christophe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Christophe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1920-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Rickey | 62,391 |
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 Christophe and names like it
- Compare Christophe and RickeyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sChristophe peaked in 1955.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Christophe since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Christophe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Christophe.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Christophe alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.