Name Awesome

Christofer

#4,568 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Christofer has been given to 3,856 babies in the U.S. since 1951. In 2025 it ranked #4,568 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 136 recorded.

Babies named Christofer, 2025

1 in 151,000

Christofer over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Christofer: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Christofer means

Christofer is a given name.

The naming story behind Christofer

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Christofer in its glossary. The entry labels it masculine and points to printed page(s) 106.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Russ. Gr. Christ bearer”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Christofer, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,856 boys were recorded with the name Christofer between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 136 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,042 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,429 in 2020 to #4,568 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,690 in 2015 to #4,568 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Christofer?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 77,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,568
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Christofer sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Christofer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Christofers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Christofer was born before 1997 — so the typical Christofer is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
26.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
42.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,856
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 26.1% of all recorded uses (1,008).

Is Christofer rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−859
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,139
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,878
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.49×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.2%
Peak was 2007 (136)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,042
1984

Spellings of Christofer

Christofer is not the most common spelling — Christopher is, with 98.8% against Christofer's 0.18%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Christofer is used

Across 1910–2025, Christofer was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 88,510 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 33,333
  2. 2Texas1 in 33,333
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in 100,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in 100,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Christofer has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Christofer around the world

Where Christofer ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • France
    1971–2014
    #6,386
    in 2014
  • Canada
    1992–2000
    #1,433
    in 2000
  • South Australia
    1957–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Christofer

People whose public names include Christofer, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Christofer in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Christofer. Linked forms have their own page here.

KesterKristofChristofChristophCristobalKristoferKrzysztofChristopheKristofferChristofferChristopherKristófKrištofKryštofChristovKristapsCristóbalCristóvãoKristóferCristoforoKhristoforCristoffaroChristophorus

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Christofer by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,568
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,139
Best rank ever
#1,042
1984
Peak year
2007
136 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,856
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Christofer

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ChristofferChristoperChristiferKristofferChristainChristopheChristiaanChristianoChristobalChristosChristophChristenCristoferChristpherChristaferChristanChristoherChristonChristineChristinaChrishawnChrisopherKristoferChrist

Names with a curve like Christofer

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Christofer, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TyeDomonicMontrellJavanJamonBradleeKendellBrandtPaoloMontezJoseluisBritton

Sibling names for Christofer

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Christofer

Top names of 2007, Christofer's peak yearThe 2000s in fullOther names that peaked in 1984Boys' names starting with CChristopher Variations & Nicknames