Cristobal
Cristobal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 122 births. Its best rank was 708th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1220.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001249 births
- Best rank
- #708in 2001
- Since 1908
- 7,885people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,885 boys have been named Cristobal in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 249 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 24%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cristobal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | |
| 1910s | 63 | |
| 1920s | 168 | |
| 1930s | 150 | |
| 1940s | 152 | |
| 1950s | 235 | |
| 1960s | 341 | |
| 1970s | 649 | |
| 1980s | 901 | |
| 1990s | 1,349 | |
| 2000s | 1,858 | |
| 2010s | 1,385 | |
| 2020s | 626 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Cristobal was the 708th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Cristobal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Noepeak 2007
- Octaviopeak 2003
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Everardopeak 2004
- Moisespeak 2001
- Alvaropeak 2000
- Eliudpeak 2000
- Gamalielpeak 2004
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.