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Christopher name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Christopher ranks #68 in male records (4,748 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Christopher becoming more popular?

Christopher's reported male count decreased by 334 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #61 to #68. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Christopher. That is not a count of zero.

Christopher in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for ChristopherFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.9,1060201620252016: 13 female records2018: 9 female records2019: 5 female records2020: 11 female records2021: 11 female records2022: 5 female records2023: 6 female records2016: 9,106 male records2017: 8,319 male records2018: 7,341 male records2019: 7,022 male records2020: 6,216 male records2021: 5,863 male records2022: 5,589 male records2023: 5,198 male records2024: 5,082 male records2025: 4,748 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——4,74868
2024——5,08261
2023613,8055,19855
2022515,8205,58955
2021119,0995,86352
2020119,0736,21647
2019516,0627,02244
2018910,7527,34142
2017——8,31939
2016138,4959,10636

Questions about Christopher’s popularity

How common is Christopher in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Christopher ranks #68 in male records (4,748 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Christopher?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Christopher only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Christopher creates a match.

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