Christopher Boy
How popular is Christopher?
#68 boy name in 2025
4,748 baby boys were named Christopher in the US in 2025, making it the 68th most popular boy name.
Christopher popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #68 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,748 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #32 in 2015, #47 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (60,021 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2 in 1972 (18 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Christopher counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Christopher family of names ranked #73 for boys in 2025 (#68 the year before), with 4,788 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher | 4,748 | 99% |
| Christofer | 22 | 0% |
| Khristopher | 18 | 0% |
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 Christopher is most popular
Babies named Christopher per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 5.7 per 1,000 (93 boys)
- Mississippi: 5.6 per 1,000 (319 boys)
- District of Columbia: 5.4 per 1,000 (80 boys)
- Delaware: 5.3 per 1,000 (81 boys)
- New Mexico: 5.3 per 1,000 (176 boys)
Christopher by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 752 | #142 |
| 1890s | 668 | #157 |
| 1900s | 484 | #257 |
| 1910s | 1,960 | #289 |
| 1920s | 2,862 | #331 |
| 1930s | 2,731 | #292 |
| 1940s | 15,865 | #81 |
| 1950s | 78,333 | #35 |
| 1960s | 237,144 | #7 |
| 1970s | 475,423 | #2 |
| 1980s | 554,863 | #2 |
| 1990s | 360,287 | #2 |
| 2000s | 203,372 | #5 |
| 2010s | 102,156 | #13 |
| 2020s | 32,696 | #47 |
Boy names about as popular as Christopher
Questions
- Is Christopher a boy or girl name?
- Christopher is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Christopher were boys.
- How popular is the name Christopher?
- 4,748 baby boys were named Christopher in the US in 2025, making it the 68th most popular boy name.
- When was Christopher most popular?
- Christopher peaked in 1984, when 60,021 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2, held for 18 years starting in 1972.
- How many people are named Christopher?
- 2,079,103 babies have been named Christopher in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,911,546 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Christopher most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Christopher was most common in Rhode Island, at 5.7 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.