Christophe

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1955 · 325 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,476
since 1929

Christophe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Christophe has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #405, 1955boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#8,3129
2023—
2022#8,3009
2021#8,8258
2020#9,5547
2019#7,64310
2018#8,1549
2017—
2016#7,15711
2015#12,0865
2014#6,63212
2013#8,7898
2012#9,7097
2011#7,50210
2010#7,08711
2009#8,3109
2008#6,07014
2007#4,80819
2006#5,07217
2005#5,57814
2004#5,49214
2003#5,55813
2002#4,70316
2001#4,67616
2000#4,78515
1999#2,66532
1998#3,39022
1997#3,06424
1996#2,67928
1995#3,43219
1994#3,10922
1993#2,39931
1992#2,90923
1991#3,22419
1990#1,94639
1989#1,89139
1988#1,90934
1987#1,65541
1986#1,61740
1985#1,48545
1984#1,65635
1983#1,59437
1982#1,92928
1981#1,76632
1980#1,54739
1979#1,53238
1978#1,76030
1977#1,82328
1976#2,32919
1975#1,53034
1974#1,47135
1973#1,26842
1972#98468
1971#1,18148
1970#98967
1969#1,05054
1968#1,01753
1967#1,11744
1966#1,02750
1965#89068
1964#1,08249
1963#99458
1962#89672
1961#87476
1960#760102
1959#691122
1958#590172
1957#498244
1956#439292
1955#405325
1954#439273
1953#430271
1952#410282
1951#461217
1950#544156
1949#69896
1948#1,00149
1947#1,59922
1946#1,88415
1945#2,5748
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five boys were named Christophe! It came in at #3,959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1929–1944, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Christophe is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #612 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 11,737 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Christophe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#612 · 1 in 11,737

Best ever in a state: #117 in Alaska, 1954.

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See more about Christophe
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1949 (#1,001 → #698)
  • Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1973 (#984 → #1,268)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1955 at #405 (325 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1949–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,338
  • Highest: 1 in 6,338 boys born in 1955 were named Christophe (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 52.6% of all boys named Christophe (2,354) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#3,959 (1929)#3,959
1930s0——
1940s190#698 (1949)#1,551
1950s2,354#405 (1955)#491
1960s626#760 (1960)#971
1970s409#984 (1972)#1,487
1980s370#1,485 (1985)#1,705
1990s259#1,946 (1990)#2,882
2000s147#4,676 (2001)#5,505
2010s83#6,632 (2014)#8,307
2020s33#8,300 (2022)#8,748

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.

Christophe in 1963

boys
#994
58 births · 1 in 35,019 boys

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #994Christophe58
More about 1963

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 35,019 of them was named Christophe, which outranked 78.5% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christophe
  1. #984Leander59
  2. #984Mauricio59
  3. #984Wilton59
  4. #994Christophe58
  5. #994Erin58
  6. #994Isidro58
  7. #994Leonel58
  8. #1,005Artis57
  9. #1,005Emile57
  10. #1,005Eugenio57

Tied with 10 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →