Kristoph — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kristoph

The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Kristoph between 1989 and 2016, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kristoph currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristoph performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kristoph shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kristoph in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristoph 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 63 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.