Cristobal
Cristobal was given to 105 boys in 2025, #1,610 among boys’ names; 8,001 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,190 Americans named Cristobal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 14 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cristobal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cristobal mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cristobal is “a male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Cristóbal.”
Borrowed from Spanish Cristóbal.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cristobal?
#1,610 among boys’ names, 2025
Cristobal fell from #1,149 in 2015 to #1,610 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 85.6 to 61.5 per million.
249 babies in 2001, the peak
Cristobal peaked in 2001, when 249 boys were given it, #707 among boys’ names. The 105 births of 2025 are 42% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,610 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,483 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,391 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,449 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 133 | #1,380 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 113 | #1,499 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,462 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,387 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,584 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 145 | #1,262 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 164 | #1,149 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 143 | #1,252 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,287 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 152 | #1,190 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 151 | #1,174 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,209 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 181 | #1,049 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 160 | #1,137 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 215 | #919 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 183 | #1,004 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 175 | #987 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 162 | #1,012 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 176 | #933 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 159 | #988 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 249 | #707 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 198 | #811 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 146 | #976 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 129 | #1,042 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 148 | #918 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 136 | #950 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 147 | #911 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 144 | #907 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 141 | #903 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 115 | #1,014 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 118 | #981 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 125 | #920 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 107 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 87 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,023 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 83 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 84 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 96 | #896 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 104 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 96 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 82 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 86 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 74 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 74 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,068 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,168 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,415 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,376 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,279 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,465 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,379 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,317 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,468 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,664 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,450 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,681 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,613 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,905 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,598 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,381 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,652 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,830 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,879 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,663 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,745 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,299 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,794 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,641 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,648 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,170 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,516 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,976 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,103 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,724 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,894 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,431 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,013 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,474 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,655 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,020 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,184 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,886 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,761 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,461 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,790 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,959 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,556 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,171 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,164 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,638 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,587 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,804 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,354 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,129 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,340 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cristobal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cristobal has been given almost only to boys: 11 girls in 115 years of records.
Girls and boys named Cristobal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cristobal, and how old are they?
7,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 8,001 Americans ever recorded as Cristobal. The median Cristobal alive today is 25 years old; half are between 14 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 11,329 people named Cristobal (54 women and girls, 11,275 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,642 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 49 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 308 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 822 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,670 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,690 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,650 |
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 Cristobal born?
The states with the most babies named Cristobal are Texas, California and Florida, with 90% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 26 | #941 | 3.4× |
| California | 25 | #912 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 10 | #1,207 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 7 | #793 | 2.0× |
Where Cristobal is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cristobal is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Cristobal 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 Cristobal
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Cristobal and names like it
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- The most given names of the 2000sCristobal peaked in 2001.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cristobal since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Cristobal: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2001The year the most babies were named Cristobal.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Cristobal alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.