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.

Chistopher

#3,849 most common boys' name of all time · #9,368 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among boys
#3,849
Rank overall
#9,368 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,446
Since 2016
24
Peak year
1985 #1,250
Best rank
#1,120 1973
Girls Boys peak 59/yr
1960198020002020

Chistopher first appears in 1958. 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
2025 7 7 #9,888
2019 5 5 #12,448
2018 6 6 #10,985
2016 6 6 #10,984
2015 5 5 #12,395
2013 6 6 #10,954
2012 6 6 #11,030
2011 6 6 #11,079
2010 9 9 #8,282
2009 8 8 #9,167
2008 18 18 #5,106
2007 20 20 #4,679
2006 12 12 #6,574
2005 15 15 #5,351
2004 24 24 #3,775
2003 10 10 #6,859
2002 10 10 #6,662
2001 14 14 #5,210
2000 13 13 #5,375
1999 16 16 #4,406
1998 13 13 #4,958
1997 12 12 #5,057
1996 27 27 #2,781
1995 12 12 #4,909
1994 14 14 #4,379
1993 25 25 #2,823
1992 21 21 #3,160
1991 27 27 #2,572
1990 31 31 #2,286
1989 31 31 #2,228
1988 32 32 #2,012
1987 50 50 #1,460
1986 48 48 #1,452
1985 59 59 #1,250
1984 57 57 #1,224
1983 42 42 #1,485
1982 58 58 #1,224
1981 49 49 #1,356
1980 38 38 #1,584
1979 52 52 #1,289
1978 41 41 #1,466
1977 38 38 #1,509
1976 43 43 #1,367
1975 37 37 #1,473
1974 52 52 #1,149
1973 54 54 #1,120
1972 33 33 #1,501
1971 42 42 #1,304
1970 33 33 #1,491
1969 17 17 #2,123
1968 25 25 #1,610
1967 18 18 #1,904
1966 18 18 #1,889
1965 17 17 #1,986
1964 14 14 #2,305
1963 11 11 #2,666
1962 14 14 #2,278
1961 10 10 #2,894
1960 10 10 #2,865
1958 5 5 #4,451