Cristo — #5498 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cristo

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,225 babies named Cristo between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cristo currently holds the #5498 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 538 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cristo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 294 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristo in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristo 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 1,225 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.