How rare is the name Cristobal?

11,329 people in the United States have the first name Cristobal, about 1 in 26,660. It ranks #2,283 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CRISTOBAL

#2,283

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,329
About
1 in 26,660
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,329 people named Cristobal, 97% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cristobal peaked in 2001, when 249 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
249
In 2025*
105 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,001 babies have been given the name since 1908. 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.

Cristobal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,160. The largest share of babies named Cristobal, 34.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,5168
1910s#5,26063
1920s#3,887168
1930s#3,713150
1940s#3,950152
1950s#3,621235
1960s#3,243341
1970s#2,517649
1980s#2,306912
1990s#2,2201,349
2000s#2,1601,858
2010s#2,8371,385
2020s#3,111731
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.3%
Baby boom 1946–645.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.9%
Generation Z 1997–1234.1%
2013 and later20.8%

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 Cristobal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cristobal has been most common in Texas (5.3×), Arizona (4.2×), and California (3.6×), and least common in North Carolina (0.18×).

5,871 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 Cristobal

#2,281 Chi · 11,341#2,282 Wilfred · 11,337#2,284 Laney · 11,318#2,285 Pilar · 11,317

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cristobal, most common first.

#1,934 Cristal · 14,499#22,150 Cristabel · 452#22,678 Cristoval · 437#45,337 Cristol · 150

Also a last name

As a last name, Cristobal ranks #8,599 of 156,621, with 3,669 people. See Cristobal as a last name

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