Chistopher
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 54 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,446since 1958
Chistopher over time
Rank among boys' names. Chistopher has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #2,544 | 27 |
| 1990 | #2,255 | 31 |
| 1989 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,439 | 48 |
| 1985 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1983 | #1,470 | 42 |
| 1982 | #1,217 | 58 |
| 1981 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,569 | 38 |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1978 | #1,452 | 41 |
| 1977 | #1,490 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,455 | 37 |
| 1974 | #1,135 | 52 |
| 1973 | #1,108 | 54 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Chistopher! It came in at #3,944, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chistopher is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#767 · 1 in 13,711
- California#955 · 1 in 18,615
- Texas#1,156 · 1 in 24,528
Best ever in a state: #483 in Indiana, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #767 | 6 | 1 in 13,711 |
| California | #955 | 12 | 1 in 18,615 |
| Texas | #1,156 | 6 | 1 in 24,528 |
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See more about Chistopher
- 2,372 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #9,714)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1973 at #1,108 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,863 boys born in 1973 were named Chistopher (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.1% of all boys named Chistopher (464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,944 (1958) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 154 | #1,574 (1968) | #2,153 |
| 1970s | 425 | #1,108 (1973) | #1,348 |
| 1980s | 464 | #1,214 (1984) | #1,512 |
| 1990s | 198 | #2,255 (1990) | #3,669 |
| 2000s | 144 | #3,735 (2004) | #5,784 |
| 2010s | 49 | #8,139 (2010) | #10,773 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,714 (2025) | #9,714 |
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.
Chistopher in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 31,326 of them was named Chistopher, which outranked 83.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,228Richie60
- #1,228Tavares60
- #1,228Tracey60
- #1,242Chistopher59
- #1,242Benson59
- #1,242Bobbie59
- #1,242Christoher59
- #1,258Chuck58
- #1,258Dayne58
- #1,258Dayton58
Tied with 15 names at #1,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.