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Cris

#6,192 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Cris has been given to 4,127 babies in the U.S. since 1885. In 2025 it ranked #6,192 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1960, with 115 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% boys, 27% girls all-time.

Babies named Cris, 2025

1 in 237,000

Cris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Cris over time

In 2025, Cris went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Cris: meaning, origin, and history

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cris means

Cris belongs to the name family reached through Cris → Christopher. Its meaning is “carrier of Christ”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Cris (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Cris is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christopher, Christian and Christine.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Cris is pronounced /kɹɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,033 boys were recorded with the name Cris between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 115 in 1960; its best national rank was #724 in 1960.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,623 in 2020 to #6,192 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,317 in 2015 to #6,192 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,094 girls were recorded with the name Cris between 1939 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 75 in 1960; its best national rank was #1,268 in 1960.

How common is Cris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,192
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cris 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Criss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cris was born before 1967 — so the typical Cris is around 58 today.

Median birth year
1967
About 58 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
26.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,791
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 26.6% of all recorded uses (806).

Is Cris 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
−232
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,431
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,875
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.61×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.2%
Peak was 1960 (115)
Years since peak
65
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#724
1960

Spellings of Cris

Cris is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 37.0% against Cris's 0.13%.

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 Cris is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Cris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 127,502 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3Kansas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 100,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 100,000
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in —
  8. 8Florida1 in —

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. Cris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Cris is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Cris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 280,010 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Ohio1 in 100,000
  3. 3Washington1 in 100,000
  4. 4Iowa1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Cris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Cris around the world

Where Cris 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
    2007–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • France
    2004–2022
    #5,192
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2017–2017
    #2,766
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1959–1999
    #539
    in 1999

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 Cris

People whose public names include Cris, 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.

Cris in other languages

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

KrisChrisCrissCristinaCristianoCrispCrispinoCristoforo

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

Cris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,192
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,431
Best rank ever
#724
1960
Peak year
1960
115 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,033
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,268
1960
Peak year
1960
75 that year
First recorded
1939
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,094
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Cris

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

ArisCristFarisCrissCristoBorisIdrisHarisIrisCrispinFarrisKrisFerrisDarisOsirisErisOrisParisDarrisParrisDorisTyrisTavarisCrimson

Names with a curve like Cris

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

RitchieTimmieFaronDerwinDarcyKerwinGilKennthMickyLesKirtKaren

Sibling names for Cris

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

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