Kristopher

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #1,188 for boys in 2025, 172 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1978 · 2,525 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
63,251
since 1947

Kristopher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kristopher has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #104, 1978boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,188172
2024—#1,165179
2023—#1,034211
2022—#997223
2021—#929243
2020—#828277
2019—#769308
2018—#748315
2017—#670377
2016—#705350
2015—#593466
2014—#591465
2013—#538494
2012—#504528
2011—#492534
2010—#469555
2009—#435644
2008—#425680
2007—#420693
2006—#393761
2005—#401706
2004#16,0995#374743
2003—#353784
2002—#328837
2001—#317883
2000#15,0315#2951,021
1999—#294975
1998—#2671,073
1997—#2581,097
1996#11,8076#2411,238
1995—#2441,186
1994#13,4305#2121,365
1993#9,5598#1951,564
1992—#1891,636
1991#6,58813#1781,782
1990#8,5019#1651,858
1989#7,44910#1551,957
1988#7,11110#1441,956
1987#6,78810#1451,938
1986#4,53917#1401,994
1985#3,17028#1342,099
1984#3,99019#1371,984
1983#5,14813#1342,012
1982#3,89820#1252,190
1981#4,34417#1461,930
1980#4,32717#1382,008
1979#4,05218#1142,349
1978#5,56311#1042,525
1977#4,42515#1132,346
1976#7,2967#1531,606
1975#5,51610#1851,232
1974#4,72012#1761,308
1973#6,6667#222980
1972#8,2925#271714
1971—#375461
1970—#429362
1969—#473263
1968—#529208
1967—#540191
1966—#531205
1965—#560184
1964—#635150
1963—#730115
1962—#741107
1961—#694121
1960—#83084
1959—#79792
1958—#82483
1957—#1,05052
1956—#1,09248
1955—#1,25536
1954—#1,66821
1953—#1,76519
1952—#1,54724
1951—#1,34430
1950—#1,61521
1949—#3,0197
1948—#2,44310
1947—#3,3706
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Kristopher! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Kristopher is popular in 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNHWashington: #377 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,112 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #286 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,386 boysMNIllinois: #465 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,120 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedWIMichigan: #293 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 3,704 boysMINew York: #496 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 8,363 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedSDIowa: #285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,778 boysIAIndiana: #351 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,999 boysINOhio: #381 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,423 boysOHPennsylvania: #363 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,088 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #669 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 13,823 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNEMissouri: #438 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,320 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kristopher, so not publishedHITexas: #830 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 16,677 boysTXFlorida: #454 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,819 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#285 · 1 in 3,778
  2. Minnesota#286 · 1 in 4,386
  3. Michigan#293 · 1 in 3,704
  4. Indiana#351 · 1 in 4,999
  5. Pennsylvania#363 · 1 in 7,088

Best ever in a state: #51 in Wyoming, 1977.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#28561 in 3,778
Minnesota#28671 in 4,386
Michigan#293211 in 3,704
Indiana#35191 in 4,999
Pennsylvania#363131 in 7,088
Washington#37751 in 5,112
Ohio#381141 in 6,423
Missouri#43851 in 7,320
Florida#45481 in 5,819
Illinois#465131 in 7,120
New York#496181 in 8,363
California#669121 in 13,823
Texas#83061 in 16,677
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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 Kristopher
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#1,165 → #1,188)
  • 360 spots since 2020 (#828 → #1,188)
  • 595 spots since 2015 (#593 → #1,188)
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1958 (#1,050 → #824)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2016 (#593 → #705)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1978 at #104 (2,525 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1958–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 650
  • Highest: 1 in 650 boys born in 1978 were named Kristopher (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,931 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 31.7% of all boys named Kristopher (20,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s23#2,443 (1948)#2,944
1950s426#797 (1959)#1,296
1960s1,628#473 (1969)#626
1970s13,883#104 (1978)#214
1980s20,068#125 (1982)#140
1990s13,774#165 (1990)#224
2000s7,752#295 (2000)#374
2010s4,392#469 (2010)#608
2020s1,305#828 (2020)#1,024

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.

Kristopher in 1967

boys
#540
191 births · 1 in 9,130 boys

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #540Kristopher191
More about 1967

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 9,130 of them was named Kristopher, which outranked 88.1% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristopher
  1. #537Aubrey192
  2. #537Kirby192
  3. #537Reggie192
  4. #540Kristopher191
  5. #540Donny191
  6. #542Emmett190
  7. #543Amos189
  8. #543Elbert189

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,048Alfie#1,963 → #915
  2. ↑ 548Waylon#1,540 → #992
  3. ↑ 519Ariel#1,450 → #931
  4. ↑ 430Brendon#1,345 → #915
  5. ↑ 416Terrill#1,259 → #843
Fallers
  1. ↓ 443German#968 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 396Darry#916 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 346Regan#835 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 337Caleb#916 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 317Winfred#785 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →