Kristopher
Kristopher was given to 172 boys in 2025, #1,190 among boys’ names; 63,548 Americans have been recorded with it since 1947 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 59,900 Americans named Kristopher and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 28 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kristopher by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kristopher mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kristopher is “a male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kristopher?
#1,190 among boys’ names, 2025
Kristopher fell from #593 in 2015 to #1,190 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.24 to 0.10 per 1,000.
2,536 babies in 1978, the peak
Kristopher peaked in 1978, when 2,536 babies were given it (2,525 boys, #104 among boys’ names). The 172 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | #1,190 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 179 | #1,168 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 211 | #1,039 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 223 | #1,001 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 243 | #931 | 0.14 |
| 2020 | 277 | #829 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 308 | #771 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 315 | #749 | 0.17 |
| 2017 | 377 | #671 | 0.20 |
| 2016 | 350 | #705 | 0.18 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 466 | #593 | 0.24 |
| 2014 | 465 | #592 | 0.24 |
| 2013 | 494 | #539 | 0.26 |
| 2012 | 528 | #504 | 0.28 |
| 2011 | 534 | #492 | 0.28 |
| 2010 | 555 | #469 | 0.29 |
| 2009 | 644 | #435 | 0.32 |
| 2008 | 680 | #426 | 0.33 |
| 2007 | 693 | #420 | 0.33 |
| 2006 | 761 | #393 | 0.37 |
| 2005 | 706 | #401 | 0.35 |
| 2004 | 743 | #375 | 0.37 |
| 2003 | 784 | #353 | 0.40 |
| 2002 | 837 | #329 | 0.43 |
| 2001 | 883 | #317 | 0.45 |
| 2000 | 1,021 | #295 | 0.52 |
| 1999 | 975 | #294 | 0.51 |
| 1998 | 1,073 | #267 | 0.56 |
| 1997 | 1,097 | #259 | 0.58 |
| 1996 | 1,238 | #241 | 0.65 |
| 1995 | 1,186 | #244 | 0.62 |
| 1994 | 1,365 | #212 | 0.71 |
| 1993 | 1,564 | #195 | 0.80 |
| 1992 | 1,636 | #189 | 0.82 |
| 1991 | 1,782 | #178 | 0.88 |
| 1990 | 1,858 | #165 | 0.90 |
| 1989 | 1,957 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,956 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,938 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,994 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 2,099 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1984 | 1,984 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 2,012 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 2,190 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 1,930 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 2,008 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 2,349 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1978 | 2,525 | #104 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | 2,346 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1976 | 1,606 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,232 | #185 | 0.79 |
| 1974 | 1,308 | #176 | 0.83 |
| 1973 | 980 | #222 | 0.63 |
| 1972 | 714 | #271 | 0.44 |
| 1971 | 461 | #376 | 0.26 |
| 1970 | 362 | #429 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 263 | #473 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 208 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 191 | #541 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 205 | #531 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 184 | #561 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 150 | #636 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 115 | #731 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 107 | #741 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 121 | #695 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 84 | #830 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 92 | #799 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 83 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,057 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,099 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,260 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,683 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,801 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,570 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,360 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,632 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,165 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,532 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,563 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kristopher a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kristopher has been given almost only to boys: 297 girls in 79 years of records.
Girls and boys named Kristopher: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kristopher, and how old are they?
59,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 63,548 Americans ever recorded as Kristopher. The median Kristopher alive today is 38 years old; half are between 28 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 45,559 people named Kristopher (115 women and girls, 45,444 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 59,675 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 754 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 15,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 27,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,050 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kristopher born?
The states with the most babies named Kristopher are California, Texas and New York, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6,886 | #980 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 5,874 | #1,053 | 1.1× |
| New York | 3,134 | #1,255 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 3,120 | #986 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 2,738 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 2,694 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 2,660 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,334 | #884 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 1,852 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 1,810 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Kristopher is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kristopher is most over-represented in Washington: since 1947 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kristopher with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 92,393 babies since 1880, Kristopher is the most given (69% of them). In 2025 it was given to 172 of their 359 babies (48%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristopher | 63,548 | 172 | 1978 |
| Cristopher | 11,898 | 126 | 2007 |
| Kristofer | 9,791 | 31 | 1978 |
| Kristoffer | 3,940 | 12 | 1978 |
| Khristopher | 2,318 | 18 | 1991 |
| Krystopher | 729 | under 5 | 1990 |
| Cristofher | 100 | under 5 | 2009 |
| Kristapher | 69 | under 5 | 1983 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kristopher
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kristopher and names like it
- Compare Kristopher and CristopherBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sKristopher peaked in 1978.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kristopher since 1910.
- The top names of 1978The year the most babies were named Kristopher.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Kristopher alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with KMost given first.