How rare is the name Christos?

3,595 people in the United States have the first name Christos, about 1 in 84,014. It ranks #4,944 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHRISTOS

#4,944

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,595
About
1 in 84,014
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,595 people named Christos, 93.6% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Christos peaked in 1979, when 67 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
67
In 2025*
33 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,890 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Christos by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,032. The largest share of babies named Christos, 24.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#5,80986
1930s#6,49551
1940s#6,54357
1950s#6,05593
1960s#4,081226
1970s#3,032485
1980s#3,631458
1990s#5,203374
2000s#5,645463
2010s#6,708386
2020s#7,904180
Greatest Generation 1901–273.7%
Silent Generation 1928–452.9%
Baby boom 1946–647.5%
Generation X 1965–8023.4%
Millennials 1981–9622.9%
Generation Z 1997–1224.5%
2013 and later15%

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 Christos is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christos has been most common in Massachusetts (8.6×), New York (6.6×), and New Jersey (2.2×), and least common in California (0.64×).

1,261 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.

Also a last name

As a last name, Christos ranks #63,263 of 156,621, with 341 people. See Christos as a last name

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