Christpher

Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994

Peak · boys
1985 · 70 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,304
since 1951

Christpher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Christpher has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #1,110, 1985boys
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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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2009#10,9946
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2006#12,0555
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2004#6,52011
2003#7,2459
2002#8,4567
2001#7,5368
2000#5,04014
1999#6,04210
1998#6,8438
1997#9,2655
1996#5,18711
1995#5,12411
1994#3,59618
1993#2,94323
1992#2,99922
1991#2,68325
1990#2,69524
1989#1,39861
1988#1,55347
1987#1,16168
1986#1,11871
1985#1,11070
1984#1,19059
1983#1,36147
1982#1,22957
1981#1,62936
1980#1,52440
1979#1,46441
1978#1,50838
1977#1,57135
1976#1,34643
1975#1,50535
1974#1,24445
1973#1,25343
1972#1,72126
1971#1,59730
1970#1,61528
1969#1,81021
1968#1,83619
1967#2,13914
1966#2,13214
1965#2,17814
1964#2,31013
1963#2,20014
1962#2,8489
1961#3,0978
1960#2,31513
1959#3,6196
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First appearance
1951

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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,660 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 38,379 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedARTennessee: #521 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,928 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Christpher, so not publishedHITexas: #911 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 14,810 boysTXFlorida: #720 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,925 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#521 · 1 in 6,928
  2. Florida#720 · 1 in 9,925
  3. Texas#911 · 1 in 14,810
  4. California#1,660 · 1 in 38,379

Best ever in a state: #481 in Washington, 1982.

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Tennessee#52151 in 6,928
Florida#72091 in 9,925
Texas#911101 in 14,810
California#1,66071 in 38,379
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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1985 at #1,110 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 5 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 25,937
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 42.6% of all boys named Christpher (556) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s28#3,364 (1951)#3,657
1960s139#1,810 (1969)#2,287
1970s364#1,244 (1974)#1,482
1980s556#1,110 (1985)#1,327
1990s157#2,683 (1991)#4,738
2000s60#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 1989

boys
#1,398
61 births · 1 in 32,802 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,398Christpher61
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 32,802 of them was named Christpher, which outranked 84.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christpher
  1. #1,392Markell62
  2. #1,392Steffen62
  3. #1,392Wilbur62
  4. #1,398Christpher61
  5. #1,398Delonte61
  6. #1,398Doyle61
  7. #1,398Ean61
  8. #1,411Abdullah60
  9. #1,411Bobbie60
  10. #1,411Courtland60

Tied with 12 names at #1,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →