Christoper
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 117 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,161since 1950
Christoper over time
Rank among boys' names. Christoper has never cracked the top 800 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 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,140 | 38 |
| 1994 | #1,643 | 55 |
| 1993 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #1,396 | 66 |
| 1990 | #1,361 | 67 |
| 1989 | #1,009 | 103 |
| 1988 | #1,023 | 92 |
| 1987 | #929 | 104 |
| 1986 | #937 | 95 |
| 1985 | #823 | 117 |
| 1984 | #859 | 105 |
| 1983 | #867 | 102 |
| 1982 | #837 | 112 |
| 1981 | #959 | 88 |
| 1980 | #1,010 | 80 |
| 1979 | #952 | 86 |
| 1978 | #932 | 86 |
| 1977 | #1,012 | 72 |
| 1976 | #878 | 90 |
| 1975 | #965 | 72 |
| 1974 | #841 | 91 |
| 1973 | #852 | 86 |
| 1972 | #900 | 79 |
| 1971 | #859 | 90 |
| 1970 | #1,051 | 60 |
| 1969 | #1,136 | 47 |
| 1968 | #1,047 | 50 |
| 1967 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1966 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #1,311 | 36 |
| 1963 | #1,138 | 46 |
| 1962 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,324 | 35 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Christoper! It came in at #2,770, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2018–2021, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Christoper is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#362 · 1 in 3,671
- Virginia#433 · 1 in 5,016
- Pennsylvania#662 · 1 in 13,187
- California#801 · 1 in 13,276
- New York#1,304 · 1 in 25,938
Best ever in a state: #350 in Maryland, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oregon | #362 | 5 | 1 in 3,671 |
| Virginia | #433 | 8 | 1 in 5,016 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 6 | 1 in 13,187 |
| California | #801 | 19 | 1 in 13,276 |
| New York | #1,304 | 5 | 1 in 25,938 |
| Texas | #1,348 | 5 | 1 in 28,822 |
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See more about Christoper
- 2,655 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1971 (#1,051 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1977 (#878 → #1,012)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1985 at #823 (117 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1981–1987
- Highest: 1 in 15,797 boys born in 1985 were named Christoper (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.6% of all boys named Christoper (998) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 139 | #1,324 (1959) | #2,327 |
| 1960s | 404 | #1,030 (1967) | #1,232 |
| 1970s | 812 | #841 (1974) | #924 |
| 1980s | 998 | #823 (1985) | #925 |
| 1990s | 453 | #1,361 (1990) | #2,012 |
| 2000s | 242 | #2,864 (2000) | #3,909 |
| 2010s | 96 | #5,171 (2013) | #8,573 |
| 2020s | 17 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,266 |
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.
Christoper in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 20,807 of them was named Christoper, which outranked 88.0% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,013Octavius93
- #1,013Tremayne93
- #1,013Uriah93
- #1,023Christoper92
- #1,023Alain92
- #1,023Andrea92
- #1,023Eliseo92
- #1,032Adrien91
- #1,032Cleveland91
- #1,032Dedrick91
Tied with 8 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.