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.

Christopher

#11 most common boys' name of all time · #12 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#11
Rank overall
#12 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
2,079,103
Since 2016
64,544
Peak year
1984 #2
Best rank
#2 1972
Girls Boys peak 60,411/yr
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Christopher 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 4,748 4,748 #68
2024 — 5,082 5,082 #61
2023 6 5,198 5,204 #55
2022 5 5,589 5,594 #55
2021 11 5,863 5,874 #52
2020 11 6,216 6,227 #47
2019 5 7,022 7,027 #44
2018 9 7,341 7,350 #42
2017 — 8,319 8,319 #39
2016 13 9,106 9,119 #36
2015 15 9,853 9,868 #32
2014 16 10,390 10,406 #30
2013 15 10,878 10,893 #26
2012 19 11,921 11,940 #23
2011 18 13,027 13,045 #20
2010 11 14,299 14,310 #13
2009 23 16,368 16,391 #10
2008 39 17,966 18,005 #9
2007 25 20,030 20,055 #6
2006 39 19,688 19,727 #8
2005 47 19,174 19,221 #10
2004 97 19,636 19,733 #10
2003 42 20,753 20,795 #9
2002 29 21,689 21,718 #8
2001 40 23,132 23,172 #5
2000 50 24,936 24,986 #5
1999 65 25,604 25,669 #6
1998 54 27,007 27,061 #5
1997 59 29,108 29,167 #4
1996 74 30,904 30,978 #4
1995 104 32,679 32,783 #3
1994 103 34,807 34,910 #2
1993 112 38,237 38,349 #2
1992 130 42,468 42,598 #2
1991 158 47,111 47,269 #2
1990 188 52,362 52,550 #2
1989 242 53,186 53,428 #2
1988 354 53,014 53,368 #2
1987 378 54,493 54,871 #2
1986 409 56,693 57,102 #2
1985 415 59,609 60,024 #2
1984 390 60,021 60,411 #2
1983 418 59,324 59,742 #2
1982 430 59,223 59,653 #2
1981 292 50,221 50,513 #2
1980 312 49,079 49,391 #2
1979 314 50,659 50,973 #2
1978 298 47,236 47,534 #3
1977 278 46,721 46,999 #3
1976 276 45,190 45,466 #3
1975 302 46,575 46,877 #3
1974 288 48,585 48,873 #3
1973 275 48,313 48,588 #2
1972 250 52,172 52,422 #2
1971 270 48,225 48,495 #6
1970 217 41,747 41,964 #6
1969 173 35,672 35,845 #7
1968 132 31,468 31,600 #9
1967 130 29,413 29,543 #9
1966 105 27,866 27,971 #12
1965 83 24,640 24,723 #18
1964 61 19,627 19,688 #23
1963 66 18,339 18,405 #26
1962 69 17,535 17,604 #26
1961 63 17,223 17,286 #26
1960 51 15,361 15,412 #29
1959 41 12,915 12,956 #35
1958 38 11,079 11,117 #39
1957 40 8,997 9,037 #43
1956 32 8,384 8,416 #47
1955 28 7,922 7,950 #49
1954 31 6,084 6,115 #64
1953 24 6,081 6,105 #63
1952 16 6,302 6,318 #57
1951 41 5,734 5,775 #61
1950 31 4,835 4,866 #72
1949 30 4,000 4,030 #81
1948 35 3,036 3,071 #102
1947 30 2,273 2,303 #127
1946 21 1,599 1,620 #150
1945 27 1,138 1,165 #160
1944 10 1,001 1,011 #170
1943 15 888 903 #184
1942 17 813 830 #195
1941 7 618 625 #215
1940 7 499 506 #241
1939 5 359 364 #292
1938 8 308 316 #313
1937 — 294 294 #312
1936 — 277 277 #324
1935 — 269 269 #334
1934 — 271 271 #329
1933 — 205 205 #381
1932 — 244 244 #354
1931 — 237 237 #366
1930 — 267 267 #344
1929 — 273 273 #337
1928 — 266 266 #349
1927 — 285 285 #342
1926 — 270 270 #353
1925 — 286 286 #345
1924 — 297 297 #338
1923 — 294 294 #342
1922 — 307 307 #332
1921 — 291 291 #348
1920 — 293 293 #339
1919 — 262 262 #352
1918 — 272 272 #351
1917 — 263 263 #340
1916 — 260 260 #330
1915 — 242 242 #341
1914 — 200 200 #321
1913 — 157 157 #322
1912 — 151 151 #290
1911 — 83 83 #289
1910 — 70 70 #297
1909 — 50 50 #325
1908 — 54 54 #296
1907 — 52 52 #294
1906 — 49 49 #286
1905 — 50 50 #280
1904 — 43 43 #295
1903 — 50 50 #258
1902 — 47 47 #274
1901 — 34 34 #303
1900 — 55 55 #277
1899 — 42 42 #258
1898 — 43 43 #275
1897 — 57 57 #232
1896 — 73 73 #206
1895 — 60 60 #227
1894 — 72 72 #202
1893 — 93 93 #158
1892 — 100 100 #159
1891 — 62 62 #199
1890 — 66 66 #201
1889 — 71 71 #188
1888 — 79 79 #187
1887 — 56 56 #205
1886 — 66 66 #200
1885 — 71 71 #184
1884 — 68 68 #197
1883 — 89 89 #144
1882 — 89 89 #155
1881 — 68 68 #173
1880 — 95 95 #142