Boys' name · since 1945
Kristofer
9,791 babies named Kristofer in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,602 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,791
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kristofer currently ranks #3602 among boys' names in America, with 9,791 babies recorded since 1945.
Kristofer has 9,791 recorded births among boys since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3602 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #1,218 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,602 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 9,791 born since 1945
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristofer ranks #1,218 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,602 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 9,791 born since 1945, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,602 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,791
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kristofer's 9,791 recorded births place it above 97.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kristofer compares
9,791 Top 9% higher than 91% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kristofer's all-time total is 27x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kristofer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,791 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 349 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kristofer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kristofer's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1945, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 349, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kristofer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 349
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Kristofer by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,795 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Kristofer's strongest decade.
2,795 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Kristofer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 68
1950s
68 births
- 1960s 247
1960s
247 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,893 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,795 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,611 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,359 births
- 2010s 605
2010s
605 births
- 2020s 201
2020s
201 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,795 births (29% of all-time use).
How Kristofer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kristofer's total volume
Kristofer by state
Where Kristofer concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,263 | 12.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 807 | 8.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 578 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 429 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 419 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 363 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 291 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 260 | 2.7% |
1,263 of 9,791 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Kristofer appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kristofer's data
- Kristofer's decade-level peak was the 1980s (2,795 total births); usage has since declined to 201 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kristofers (1,263 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kristofer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Kristofer 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.