Chris

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Primarily a boy's name · 94% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, and Christine. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, but it is not as common.

From Wikipedia

Chris first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 197 babies (rank #99 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Chris

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

5,263
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
197
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
19555#585
195613#426
195711#470
195812#480
19599#554
196020#384
19618#582
196216#443
196313#498
196417#447
196521#406
196617#454
196715#486
196819#431
196918#462
197011#599
197119#470
197219#435
197323#404
197425#379
197541#294
197634#323
197750#255
197844#281
197950#259
198075#215
198162#240
198285#186
198387#175
198477#198
198594#176
1986106#164
1987109#169
198890#186
1989119#156
1990114#163
1991129#156
1992123#164
1993141#143
1994121#167
1995119#170
199695#199
1997109#174
1998147#143
1999125#163
2000130#164
2001147#143
2002171#122
2003192#105
2004197#99
2005193#96
2006175#100
2007153#111
2008152#116
2009164#103
2010161#104
2011107#142
2012148#104
2013105#134
2014100#140