Christoph
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,192since 1952
Christoph over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Christoph has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,496 | 29 |
| 1960 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five boys were named Christoph! It came in at #3,734, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Christoph is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Christoph in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,056 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #6,446)
- 1,901 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1969 at #1,414 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 3 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 55,264
- Highest: 1 in 55,264 boys born in 1971 were named Christoph (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,414 in 1969, was only 1 in 55,880 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 20.9% of all boys named Christoph (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 64 | #1,865 (1959) | #2,749 |
| 1960s | 249 | #1,414 (1969) | #1,609 |
| 1970s | 190 | #1,526 (1971) | #2,408 |
| 1980s | 148 | #2,207 (1982) | #3,284 |
| 1990s | 189 | #2,766 (1994) | #3,660 |
| 2000s | 163 | #3,794 (2002) | #5,438 |
| 2010s | 129 | #4,545 (2015) | #6,259 |
| 2020s | 60 | #6,446 (2025) | #7,867 |
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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