How rare is the name Cristopher?

10,195 people in the United States have the first name Cristopher, about 1 in 29,625. It ranks #2,434 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CRISTOPHER

#2,434

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,195
About
1 in 29,625
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,195 people named Cristopher, 70% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22.3% as White and 3.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cristopher peaked in 2007, when 576 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
576
In 2025*
126 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,898 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Cristopher by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,221. The largest share of babies named Cristopher, 50.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#6,12791
1960s#3,566290
1970s#2,286760
1980s#1,8701,307
1990s#1,7081,992
2000s#1,2214,204
2010s#1,9242,424
2020s#2,835830
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–808.8%
Millennials 1981–9621.2%
Generation Z 1997–1250.3%
2013 and later18.2%

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 Cristopher is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cristopher has been most common in Nevada (4×), California (3.1×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.11×).

8,886 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 Cristopher

#2,432 Donny · 10,205#2,433 Eugenio · 10,199#2,435 Macey · 10,192#2,436 Eldon · 10,189

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,193 Cristofer · 3,353#47,034 Cristhoper · 140#48,685 Crhistopher · 130#48,685 Cristhopher · 130

Compare