Boys' name · since 1961
Christphor
Christphor has 261 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 261
- total births
- 1961–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Christphor sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 261 recorded since 1961.
Christphor has 261 recorded births among boys since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1993.
- 261 total births
- 1961–1993 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Christphor's 261 recorded births place it above 75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christphor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Christphor's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Christphor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1993
- Peak year (1972)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Christphor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Christphor's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Christphor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
72 births
- 1970s
1970s
140 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 140 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Christphor's decade-level peak was the 1970s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Christphor: Baby Name Since 1961 - 261 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/christphor. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Christphor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.