Kristopher Boy
How popular is Kristopher?
#1,188 boy name in 2025
172 baby boys were named Kristopher in the US in 2025, making it the 1188th most popular boy name.
Kristopher popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,188 for boys (▼ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 172 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #593 in 2015, #828 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1978 (2,525 boys) |
| Highest rank | #104 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kristopher counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kristopher family of names ranked #623 for boys in 2025 (#570 the year before), with 421 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kristopher | 172 | 41% |
| Cristopher | 126 | 30% |
| Cristofer | 80 | 19% |
| Kristofer | 31 | 7% |
| Kristoffer | 12 | 3% |
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 Kristopher is most popular
Babies named Kristopher per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 boys)
Kristopher by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #2,442 |
| 1950s | 426 | #796 |
| 1960s | 1,628 | #473 |
| 1970s | 13,883 | #104 |
| 1980s | 20,068 | #125 |
| 1990s | 13,774 | #165 |
| 2000s | 7,752 | #295 |
| 2010s | 4,392 | #469 |
| 2020s | 1,305 | #828 |
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Questions
- Is Kristopher a boy or girl name?
- Kristopher is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kristopher were boys.
- How popular is the name Kristopher?
- 172 baby boys were named Kristopher in the US in 2025, making it the 1188th most popular boy name.
- When was Kristopher most popular?
- Kristopher peaked in 1978, when 2,525 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #104 in 1978.
- How many people are named Kristopher?
- 63,548 babies have been named Kristopher in the US since 1880. We estimate about 60,320 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Kristopher most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kristopher was most common in Alabama, at 0.2 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.