Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Charistopher

#15,761 most common boys' name of all time · #40,967 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–1991

Rank among boys
#15,761
Rank overall
#40,967 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
97
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1988 #4,076
Best rank
#4,069 1980
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
1980

Charistopher first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1991 — 5 5 #8,811
1990 — 7 7 #6,796
1989 — 7 7 #6,624
1988 — 12 12 #4,076
1987 — 7 7 #5,846
1986 — 7 7 #5,699
1985 — 10 10 #4,250
1984 — 5 5 #6,857
1983 — 8 8 #4,784
1981 — 6 6 #5,979
1980 — 10 10 #4,069
1978 — 6 6 #5,557
1973 — 7 7 #4,475