Boys' name · since 1995
Cristofher
Cristofher has 100 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,407 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 100
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
100 boys have been named Cristofher since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cristofher has 100 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2015.
- #17,407 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 100 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristofher ranks #17,407 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 100 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,407 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 100
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cristofher's 100 recorded births place it above 61.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cristofher's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cristofher's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cristofher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2015
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Cristofher by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (66 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Cristofher's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Cristofher births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 66 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Cristofher's decade-level peak was the 2000s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cristofher: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1995–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Cristofher 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 August 2026.