Chris Boy
How popular is Chris?
#646 boy name in 2025
431 baby boys were named Chris in the US in 2025, making it the 646th most popular boy name.
Chris popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #646 for boys (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 431 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #506 in 2015, #676 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (7,203 boys) |
| Highest rank | #55 in 1966 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chris counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chris family of names ranked #601 for boys in 2025 (#597 the year before), with 441 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chris | 431 | 98% |
| Chriss | 5 | 1% |
| Khris | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chris is most popular
Babies named Chris per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.5 per 1,000 (249 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (182 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
Chris by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 503 | #211 |
| 1890s | 396 | #249 |
| 1900s | 339 | #312 |
| 1910s | 1,103 | #428 |
| 1920s | 1,667 | #445 |
| 1930s | 1,899 | #357 |
| 1940s | 7,166 | #168 |
| 1950s | 25,897 | #72 |
| 1960s | 56,338 | #55 |
| 1970s | 24,855 | #63 |
| 1980s | 6,513 | #234 |
| 1990s | 5,143 | #396 |
| 2000s | 7,671 | #346 |
| 2010s | 5,585 | #393 |
| 2020s | 2,387 | #646 |
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Questions
- Is Chris a boy or girl name?
- Chris is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Chris were boys.
- How popular is the name Chris?
- 431 baby boys were named Chris in the US in 2025, making it the 646th most popular boy name.
- When was Chris most popular?
- Chris peaked in 1961, when 7,203 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #55 in 1966.
- How many people are named Chris?
- 170,417 babies have been named Chris in the US since 1880. We estimate about 137,575 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Chris most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chris was most common in Florida, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.