Cristobal — #1480 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cristobal

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,885 babies named Cristobal between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cristobal currently holds the #1480 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristobal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,858 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Cristobal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,361 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristobal in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristobal 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 7,885 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.