Chirstopher

Last seen for boys in 2008 at #8,324

Peak · boys
1981 · 57 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,051
since 1960

Chirstopher over time

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Rank among boys' names. Chirstopher has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,207, 1981boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#8,3249
2007#10,9216
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2005#11,4725
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2003#7,8318
2002#10,6675
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1998#8,4796
1997#7,2817
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1995#6,4078
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1993#4,69712
1992#4,11414
1991#4,47612
1990#3,46717
1989#2,06834
1988#1,94933
1987#1,42551
1986#1,34553
1985#1,37150
1984#1,29451
1983#1,37546
1982#1,48742
1981#1,20757
1980#1,39146
1979#1,37046
1978#1,41043
1977#1,40742
1976#1,39041
1975#1,37840
1974#1,29043
1973#1,51432
1972#1,60329
1971#1,82324
1970#2,05819
1969#1,86120
1968#2,10915
1967#2,03015
1966#1,96316
1965#2,17814
1964#3,0508
1963#3,6466
1962#2,67310
1961#2,9009
1960#3,3377
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five boys were named Chirstopher! It came in at #3,337, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chirstopher
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1981 at #1,207 (57 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 31,424
  • Highest: 1 in 31,424 boys born in 1981 were named Chirstopher (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 226,683 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 44.1% of all boys named Chirstopher (463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s120#1,861 (1969)#2,575
1970s359#1,290 (1974)#1,524
1980s463#1,207 (1981)#1,491
1990s76#3,467 (1990)#5,560
2000s33#7,831 (2003)#9,843

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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