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.

Christpher

#4,089 most common boys' name of all time · #9,998 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1951–2009

Rank among boys
#4,089
Rank overall
#9,998 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,304
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1986 #1,124
Best rank
#1,113 1985
Girls Boys peak 71/yr
196019802000

Christpher first appears in 1951. 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
2009 — 6 6 #11,237
2006 — 5 5 #12,370
2004 — 11 11 #6,621
2003 — 9 9 #7,370
2002 — 7 7 #8,641
2001 — 8 8 #7,712
2000 — 14 14 #5,109
1999 — 10 10 #6,186
1998 — 8 8 #7,010
1997 — 5 5 #9,563
1996 — 11 11 #5,285
1995 — 11 11 #5,236
1994 — 18 18 #3,662
1993 — 23 23 #2,985
1992 — 22 22 #3,041
1991 — 25 25 #2,713
1990 — 24 24 #2,739
1989 — 61 61 #1,405
1988 — 47 47 #1,566
1987 — 68 68 #1,172
1986 — 71 71 #1,124
1985 — 70 70 #1,113
1984 — 59 59 #1,196
1983 — 47 47 #1,372
1982 — 57 57 #1,237
1981 — 36 36 #1,651
1980 — 40 40 #1,538
1979 — 41 41 #1,477
1978 — 38 38 #1,530
1977 — 35 35 #1,595
1976 — 43 43 #1,364
1975 — 35 35 #1,522
1974 — 45 45 #1,267
1973 — 43 43 #1,267
1972 — 26 26 #1,755
1971 — 30 30 #1,630
1970 — 28 28 #1,649
1969 — 21 21 #1,851
1968 — 19 19 #1,889
1967 — 14 14 #2,231
1966 — 14 14 #2,206
1965 — 14 14 #2,261
1964 — 13 13 #2,398
1963 — 14 14 #2,293
1962 — 9 9 #3,002
1961 — 8 8 #3,307
1960 — 13 13 #2,413
1959 — 6 6 #3,929
1957 — 5 5 #4,438
1955 — 5 5 #4,319
1953 — 6 6 #3,762
1951 — 6 6 #3,698