Christopher Variations & Nicknames
Honor Christopher with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 4,748#68 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 431#646 | Up 30 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 172#1,190 | Down 361 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 37#3,217 | Down 1,059 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 126#1,426 | Down 167 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 31#3,621 | Down 664 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | 105#1,610 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 1955 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 195#1,103 | Up 390 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | 12#7,021 | Down 1,432 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 22#4,568 | Down 1,139 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | 13#6,521 | Up 1,091 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 1984 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 1971 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | 5#13,085 | Down 2,938 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | 5#12,421 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 2001 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Christopher. | 5#13,707 | Down 4,229 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
An international form or spelling of Christopher. | —Unranked | — | 1998 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.