Cristopher — #1227 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cristopher

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,770 babies named Cristopher between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cristopher currently holds the #1227 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 576 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristopher performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cristopher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,801 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristopher in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristopher 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 11,770 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.