How rare is the name Kristofer?

7,552 people in the United States have the first name Kristofer, about 1 in 39,994. It ranks #2,974 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KRISTOFER

#2,974

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,552
About
1 in 39,994
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,552 people named Kristofer, 71.2% reported their origin as White, 13% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kristofer peaked in 1978, when 349 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19452025
Peak year
1978
Births that year
349
In 2025*
31 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,791 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.

Kristofer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,180. The largest share of babies named Kristofer, 47.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#10,47012
1950s#7,12168
1960s#3,879247
1970s#1,3521,893
1980s#1,1802,795
1990s#1,4332,611
2000s#2,6791,359
2010s#4,938605
2020s#7,350201
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.8%
Generation X 1965–8023.1%
Millennials 1981–9647.1%
Generation Z 1997–1222.4%
2013 and later5.6%

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 Kristofer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kristofer has been most common in Washington (2.3×), Oregon (1.9×), and California (1.9×), and least common in Alabama (0.31×).

6,748 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.

Exactly as common as Kristofer

1 other first name also has 7,552 people.

#2,974 Aleksandra · 7,552

Either side of Kristofer

#2,973 Aya · 7,553#2,974 Aleksandra · 7,552#2,976 Kala · 7,549#2,976 Odin · 7,549

Spelled almost the same

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

#962 Kristopher · 45,559#5,301 Kristoffer · 3,270#17,521 Kristofor · 628#18,210 Kristoff · 594#22,492 Kristof · 442#39,783 Krystofer · 189#41,133 Krister · 179

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