Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: GreekChristopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος. The constituent parts are Χριστός, "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν, "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Christopher yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Christopher's rank and count moved in opposite directions for over a decade: #2, the best rank, came first in 1972, while 60,019 births, the raw-count high, took until 1984 to arrive — a reversed version of the lag pattern seen in most other names, where count typically peaks before rank does.
Total US births run past two million for this name, and the 2024 count, 5,054, sits 51% below where it stood ten years earlier.
Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp), Chris Pratt, and Chris Pine keep the shortened form visible in contemporary film, while director Christopher Nolan carries the full name into a different corner of the same industry.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 95 | #142 |
| 1881 | 68 | #173 |
| 1882 | 89 | #155 |
| 1883 | 89 | #144 |
| 1884 | 68 | #196 |
| 1885 | 71 | #183 |
| 1886 | 66 | #201 |
| 1887 | 56 | #205 |
| 1888 | 79 | #188 |
| 1889 | 71 | #187 |
| 1890 | 66 | #201 |
| 1891 | 62 | #200 |
| 1892 | 100 | #159 |
| 1893 | 93 | #157 |
| 1894 | 72 | #202 |
| 1895 | 60 | #227 |
| 1896 | 73 | #206 |
| 1897 | 57 | #232 |
| 1898 | 43 | #277 |
| 1899 | 42 | #259 |
| 1900 | 55 | #278 |
| 1901 | 34 | #304 |
| 1902 | 47 | #274 |
| 1903 | 50 | #260 |
| 1904 | 43 | #294 |
| 1905 | 50 | #280 |
| 1906 | 49 | #288 |
| 1907 | 52 | #295 |
| 1908 | 54 | #296 |
| 1909 | 50 | #326 |
| 1910 | 70 | #296 |
| 1911 | 83 | #289 |
| 1912 | 151 | #290 |
| 1913 | 157 | #322 |
| 1914 | 200 | #321 |
| 1915 | 242 | #341 |
| 1916 | 260 | #331 |
| 1917 | 263 | #340 |
| 1918 | 272 | #351 |
| 1919 | 262 | #353 |
| 1920 | 293 | #339 |
| 1921 | 291 | #346 |
| 1922 | 307 | #332 |
| 1923 | 294 | #342 |
| 1924 | 297 | #338 |
| 1925 | 286 | #345 |
| 1926 | 270 | #353 |
| 1927 | 285 | #340 |
| 1928 | 266 | #349 |
| 1929 | 273 | #337 |
| 1930 | 267 | #344 |
| 1931 | 237 | #364 |
| 1932 | 244 | #354 |
| 1933 | 205 | #381 |
| 1934 | 271 | #330 |
| 1935 | 269 | #334 |
| 1936 | 277 | #323 |
| 1937 | 294 | #313 |
| 1938 | 308 | #313 |
| 1939 | 359 | #292 |
| 1940 | 499 | #241 |
| 1941 | 618 | #215 |
| 1942 | 813 | #195 |
| 1943 | 888 | #184 |
| 1944 | 1,001 | #170 |
| 1945 | 1,138 | #160 |
| 1946 | 1,599 | #150 |
| 1947 | 2,273 | #127 |
| 1948 | 3,037 | #102 |
| 1949 | 3,999 | #81 |
| 1950 | 4,835 | #72 |
| 1951 | 5,735 | #61 |
| 1952 | 6,301 | #57 |
| 1953 | 6,081 | #63 |
| 1954 | 6,084 | #64 |
| 1955 | 7,920 | #49 |
| 1956 | 8,385 | #47 |
| 1957 | 8,998 | #43 |
| 1958 | 11,079 | #39 |
| 1959 | 12,916 | #35 |
| 1960 | 15,360 | #29 |
| 1961 | 17,216 | #26 |
| 1962 | 17,535 | #26 |
| 1963 | 18,341 | #26 |
| 1964 | 19,628 | #23 |
| 1965 | 24,639 | #18 |
| 1966 | 27,867 | #12 |
| 1967 | 29,417 | #9 |
| 1968 | 31,467 | #9 |
| 1969 | 35,674 | #7 |
| 1970 | 41,751 | #6 |
| 1971 | 48,224 | #6 |
| 1972 | 52,173 | #2 |
| 1973 | 48,309 | #2 |
| 1974 | 48,590 | #3 |
| 1975 | 46,577 | #3 |
| 1976 | 45,194 | #3 |
| 1977 | 46,725 | #3 |
| 1978 | 47,236 | #3 |
| 1979 | 50,667 | #2 |
| 1980 | 49,082 | #2 |
| 1981 | 50,221 | #2 |
| 1982 | 59,229 | #2 |
| 1983 | 59,329 | #2 |
| 1984 | 60,019 | #2 |
| 1985 | 59,616 | #2 |
| 1986 | 56,697 | #2 |
| 1987 | 54,494 | #2 |
| 1988 | 53,015 | #2 |
| 1989 | 53,184 | #2 |
| 1990 | 52,359 | #2 |
| 1991 | 47,110 | #2 |
| 1992 | 42,473 | #2 |
| 1993 | 38,236 | #2 |
| 1994 | 34,806 | #2 |
| 1995 | 32,677 | #3 |
| 1996 | 30,902 | #4 |
| 1997 | 29,106 | #4 |
| 1998 | 27,007 | #5 |
| 1999 | 25,604 | #6 |
| 2000 | 24,937 | #5 |
| 2001 | 23,132 | #5 |
| 2002 | 21,689 | #8 |
| 2003 | 20,753 | #9 |
| 2004 | 19,636 | #10 |
| 2005 | 19,173 | #10 |
| 2006 | 19,688 | #8 |
| 2007 | 20,029 | #6 |
| 2008 | 17,966 | #9 |
| 2009 | 16,367 | #10 |
| 2010 | 14,296 | #13 |
| 2011 | 13,026 | #20 |
| 2012 | 11,919 | #23 |
| 2013 | 10,878 | #26 |
| 2014 | 10,387 | #30 |
| 2015 | 9,851 | #32 |
| 2016 | 9,101 | #36 |
| 2017 | 8,315 | #39 |
| 2018 | 7,333 | #42 |
| 2019 | 7,015 | #44 |
| 2020 | 6,213 | #47 |
| 2021 | 5,856 | #52 |
| 2022 | 5,579 | #55 |
| 2023 | 5,191 | #55 |
| 2024 | 5,054 | #61 |
