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Chistopher

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Chistopher is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198559 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1958
1,439people given the name
Babies named Chistopher, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,439 boys have been named Chistopher in the United States since 1958, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 59 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Chistopher
1950s5
1960s154
1970s425
1980s464
1990s198
2000s144
2010s49

In 1985, its biggest year

Chistopher was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1985 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1985.

Names that rose and fell with Chistopher

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.