first name
CHRIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 366,260 people named Chris, 76% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as Black. 94.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chris peaked in 1961, when 8,774 babies got the name.
At least 170,417 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Chris by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #114. The largest share of babies named Chris, 45.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Chris is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chris has been most common in New Mexico (1.5×), Iowa (1.5×), and Washington (1.4×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.35×).
161,933 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Chris
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chris, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chris ranks #27,800 of 156,621, with 917 people. See Chris as a last name
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