Christopher

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฯŒฯ†ฮฟฯฮฟฯ‚. The constituent parts are ฮงฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฯŒฯ‚, "Christ" or "Anointed", and ฯ†ฮญฯฮตฮนฮฝ, "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century.

From Wikipedia

Christopher first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 3,438 babies (rank #3 that year). In 2024 it was given to 198 boys (rank #170). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Christopher

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Christopher yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

34,303
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
3,438
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19913,438#3
19923,203#3
19932,738#5
19942,208#8
19952,168#10
19962,047#10
19971,720#14
19981,635#15
19991,493#17
20001,272#26
20011,157#27
20021,029#29
2003941#35
2004832#39
2005792#39
2006702#48
2007717#49
2008683#53
2009571#66
2010506#71
2011479#74
2012449#91
2013459#83
2014345#121
2015389#102
2016339#117
2017330#117
2018306#120
2019251#149
2020272#123
2021212#171
2022197#178
2023190#171
2024198#170