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Chirstopher

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Chirstopher 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
198157 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1960
1,051people given the name
Babies named Chirstopher, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,051 boys have been named Chirstopher in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 57 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 57 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1980s alone account for 44%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Chirstopher
1960s120
1970s359
1980s463
1990s76
2000s33

In 1981, its biggest year

Chirstopher was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1981 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1981.

Names that rose and fell with Chirstopher

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.