Kristofer — #3454 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kristofer

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,761 babies named Kristofer between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kristofer currently holds the #3454 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 349 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristofer performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,796 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kristofer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,264 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristofer in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristofer 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 9,761 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.