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 1999 and has been recorded in 25 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 143 babies (rank #154 that year). In 2024 it was given to 74 boys (rank #220). 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.

2,401
Total babies (all years)
25
Years in the data
143
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
199981#190
200080#201
200155#251
200252#270
200363#230
200451#281
200557#267
200676#226
200778#230
200888#225
200992#219
201089#221
201188#231
2012125#166
2013135#160
2014133#158
2015143#154
2016134#158
2017143#154
2018119#165
201997#190
2020124#161
2022125#164
202399#188
202474#220