Christpher
Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,304since 1951
Christpher over time
Rank among boys' names. Christpher 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
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| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
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| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #1,398 | 61 |
| 1988 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,161 | 68 |
| 1986 | #1,118 | 71 |
| 1985 | #1,110 | 70 |
| 1984 | #1,190 | 59 |
| 1983 | #1,361 | 47 |
| 1982 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1981 | #1,629 | 36 |
| 1980 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Christpher! It came in at #3,364, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Christpher is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#610 · 1 in 7,552
- Texas#1,105 · 1 in 23,023
Best ever in a state: #481 in Washington, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #610 | 5 | 1 in 7,552 |
| Texas | #1,105 | 5 | 1 in 23,023 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Christpher
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1985 at #1,110 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,937 boys born in 1986 were named Christpher (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 330,596 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,110 in 1985, was only 1 in 26,403 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 42.6% of all boys named Christpher (556) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 28 | #3,364 (1951) | #3,657 |
| 1960s | 139 | #1,810 (1969) | #2,287 |
| 1970s | 364 | #1,244 (1974) | #1,482 |
| 1980s | 556 | #1,110 (1985) | #1,327 |
| 1990s | 157 | #2,683 (1991) | #4,738 |
| 2000s | 60 | #5,040 (2000) | #8,264 |
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.
Christpher in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 43,206 of them was named Christpher, which outranked 77.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,487Terell39
- #1,487Truman39
- #1,487Zechariah39
- #1,508Christpher38
- #1,508Bertram38
- #1,508Cori38
- #1,508Dee38
- #1,537Adonis37
- #1,537Adriel37
- #1,537Antwaun37
Tied with 28 names at #1,508; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.