Chris*
#207 most common boys' name of all time · #444 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#207
Rank overall
#444 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
170,417
Since 2016
4,353
Peak year
1961 #57
Best rank
#55 1966
Girls
Boys
peak 8,774/yr
Chris is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 431 | 431 | #646 |
| 2024 | 7 | 424 | 431 | #651 |
| 2023 | 14 | 330 | 344 | #773 |
| 2022 | 6 | 408 | 414 | #668 |
| 2021 | 10 | 412 | 422 | #659 |
| 2020 | 9 | 382 | 391 | #676 |
| 2019 | — | 490 | 490 | #570 |
| 2018 | 6 | 440 | 446 | #610 |
| 2017 | 5 | 459 | 464 | #595 |
| 2016 | 6 | 514 | 520 | #559 |
| 2015 | 8 | 569 | 577 | #506 |
| 2014 | 7 | 539 | 546 | #519 |
| 2013 | 11 | 624 | 635 | #455 |
| 2012 | 12 | 648 | 660 | #429 |
| 2011 | — | 581 | 581 | #460 |
| 2010 | 8 | 721 | 729 | #393 |
| 2009 | 10 | 861 | 871 | #358 |
| 2008 | 12 | 944 | 956 | #346 |
| 2007 | 16 | 909 | 925 | #349 |
| 2006 | 9 | 842 | 851 | #358 |
| 2005 | 9 | 723 | 732 | #396 |
| 2004 | 10 | 676 | 686 | #395 |
| 2003 | 14 | 678 | 692 | #388 |
| 2002 | 15 | 692 | 707 | #378 |
| 2001 | 20 | 695 | 715 | #377 |
| 2000 | 20 | 651 | 671 | #391 |
| 1999 | 15 | 623 | 638 | #396 |
| 1998 | 16 | 599 | 615 | #408 |
| 1997 | 19 | 532 | 551 | #428 |
| 1996 | 29 | 552 | 581 | #414 |
| 1995 | 24 | 489 | 513 | #462 |
| 1994 | 28 | 442 | 470 | #483 |
| 1993 | 28 | 445 | 473 | #473 |
| 1992 | 24 | 462 | 486 | #469 |
| 1991 | 39 | 510 | 549 | #439 |
| 1990 | 30 | 489 | 519 | #448 |
| 1989 | 29 | 539 | 568 | #401 |
| 1988 | 44 | 497 | 541 | #401 |
| 1987 | 37 | 514 | 551 | #375 |
| 1986 | 56 | 537 | 593 | #351 |
| 1985 | 52 | 615 | 667 | #325 |
| 1984 | 58 | 626 | 684 | #312 |
| 1983 | 50 | 651 | 701 | #303 |
| 1982 | 84 | 713 | 797 | #287 |
| 1981 | 76 | 830 | 906 | #259 |
| 1980 | 104 | 991 | 1,095 | #234 |
| 1979 | 119 | 1,264 | 1,383 | #190 |
| 1978 | 129 | 1,339 | 1,468 | #174 |
| 1977 | 162 | 1,494 | 1,656 | #160 |
| 1976 | 188 | 1,597 | 1,785 | #154 |
| 1975 | 201 | 1,954 | 2,155 | #132 |
| 1974 | 204 | 2,279 | 2,483 | #116 |
| 1973 | 238 | 2,703 | 2,941 | #96 |
| 1972 | 277 | 3,472 | 3,749 | #82 |
| 1971 | 323 | 4,293 | 4,616 | #68 |
| 1970 | 458 | 4,460 | 4,918 | #63 |
| 1969 | 528 | 4,280 | 4,808 | #66 |
| 1968 | 668 | 4,249 | 4,917 | #64 |
| 1967 | 729 | 4,618 | 5,347 | #60 |
| 1966 | 860 | 5,257 | 6,117 | #55 |
| 1965 | 1,089 | 5,479 | 6,568 | #60 |
| 1964 | 1,377 | 5,639 | 7,016 | #65 |
| 1963 | 1,424 | 6,328 | 7,752 | #59 |
| 1962 | 1,519 | 6,791 | 8,310 | #60 |
| 1961 | 1,571 | 7,203 | 8,774 | #57 |
| 1960 | 1,509 | 6,494 | 8,003 | #63 |
| 1959 | 1,409 | 5,676 | 7,085 | #72 |
| 1958 | 1,340 | 4,457 | 5,797 | #93 |
| 1957 | 1,021 | 3,249 | 4,270 | #120 |
| 1956 | 613 | 2,533 | 3,146 | #128 |
| 1955 | 453 | 2,193 | 2,646 | #139 |
| 1954 | 374 | 1,801 | 2,175 | #159 |
| 1953 | 334 | 1,579 | 1,913 | #168 |
| 1952 | 327 | 1,687 | 2,014 | #160 |
| 1951 | 278 | 1,473 | 1,751 | #173 |
| 1950 | 219 | 1,249 | 1,468 | #178 |
| 1949 | 241 | 1,389 | 1,630 | #168 |
| 1948 | 329 | 1,286 | 1,615 | #172 |
| 1947 | 322 | 1,116 | 1,438 | #185 |
| 1946 | 202 | 827 | 1,029 | #209 |
| 1945 | 129 | 551 | 680 | #242 |
| 1944 | 106 | 529 | 635 | #253 |
| 1943 | 102 | 447 | 549 | #292 |
| 1942 | 70 | 383 | 453 | #313 |
| 1941 | 43 | 321 | 364 | #327 |
| 1940 | 32 | 317 | 349 | #315 |
| 1939 | 30 | 246 | 276 | #357 |
| 1938 | 26 | 228 | 254 | #373 |
| 1937 | 26 | 196 | 222 | #398 |
| 1936 | 20 | 190 | 210 | #399 |
| 1935 | 19 | 182 | 201 | #404 |
| 1934 | 14 | 181 | 195 | #416 |
| 1933 | 17 | 142 | 159 | #471 |
| 1932 | 22 | 208 | 230 | #388 |
| 1931 | 15 | 154 | 169 | #456 |
| 1930 | 14 | 172 | 186 | #452 |
| 1929 | 16 | 171 | 187 | #452 |
| 1928 | 20 | 164 | 184 | #476 |
| 1927 | 15 | 153 | 168 | #491 |
| 1926 | 13 | 168 | 181 | #463 |
| 1925 | 7 | 182 | 189 | #445 |
| 1924 | 14 | 178 | 192 | #459 |
| 1923 | 14 | 155 | 169 | #494 |
| 1922 | 12 | 169 | 181 | #474 |
| 1921 | 6 | 147 | 153 | #511 |
| 1920 | 11 | 180 | 191 | #450 |
| 1919 | 7 | 128 | 135 | #526 |
| 1918 | — | 179 | 179 | #444 |
| 1917 | 6 | 145 | 151 | #478 |
| 1916 | — | 148 | 148 | #471 |
| 1915 | — | 145 | 145 | #456 |
| 1914 | 8 | 126 | 134 | #428 |
| 1913 | — | 81 | 81 | #483 |
| 1912 | — | 76 | 76 | #450 |
| 1911 | — | 43 | 43 | #449 |
| 1910 | — | 32 | 32 | #492 |
| 1909 | — | 48 | 48 | #334 |
| 1908 | — | 37 | 37 | #384 |
| 1907 | — | 29 | 29 | #430 |
| 1906 | — | 30 | 30 | #394 |
| 1905 | — | 25 | 25 | #431 |
| 1904 | — | 27 | 27 | #402 |
| 1903 | — | 35 | 35 | #319 |
| 1902 | — | 37 | 37 | #318 |
| 1901 | — | 26 | 26 | #362 |
| 1900 | — | 45 | 45 | #316 |
| 1899 | — | 36 | 36 | #290 |
| 1898 | — | 33 | 33 | #335 |
| 1897 | — | 35 | 35 | #312 |
| 1896 | — | 53 | 53 | #250 |
| 1895 | — | 41 | 41 | #277 |
| 1894 | — | 45 | 45 | #260 |
| 1893 | — | 40 | 40 | #277 |
| 1892 | — | 49 | 49 | #254 |
| 1891 | — | 32 | 32 | #293 |
| 1890 | — | 32 | 32 | #303 |
| 1889 | — | 42 | 42 | #255 |
| 1888 | — | 59 | 59 | #228 |
| 1887 | — | 46 | 46 | #239 |
| 1886 | — | 62 | 62 | #215 |
| 1885 | — | 50 | 50 | #234 |
| 1884 | — | 57 | 57 | #219 |
| 1883 | — | 47 | 47 | #231 |
| 1882 | — | 39 | 39 | #274 |
| 1881 | — | 52 | 52 | #214 |
| 1880 | — | 49 | 49 | #236 |