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Cristobal

#1,610 in 2025Boys' name

Christ + bearing, through Cristóbal

Cristobal has been given to 8,001 babies in the U.S. since 1908. In 2025 it ranked #1,610 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 249 recorded.

Babies named Cristobal, 2025

1 in 31,600

Cristobal over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cristobal: meaning, origin, and history

Christ + bearing, through Cristóbal

Spanish

What Cristobal means

Cristobal belongs to the name family reached through Cristobal → Cristóbal → Christophorus. Its meaning is “Christ + bearing”.

Origin, language, and formation

Cristobal is used in English. Its origins include Spanish.

Cristobal comes through Spanish Cristóbal.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cristóbal and Christophorus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,990 boys were recorded with the name Cristobal between 1908 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 249 in 2001; its best national rank was #707 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,499 in 2020 to #1,610 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,149 in 2015 to #1,610 in 2025.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Cristobal between 1982 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1986; its best national rank was #9,795 in 1986.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Cristobal?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 31,600
105 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 16,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,610
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,886 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cristobal 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,886 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cristobal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cristobals were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cristobal was born before 1999 — so the typical Cristobal is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
23.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,449
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2000s — 23.3% of all recorded uses (1,858).

Is Cristobal 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
−127
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−111
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−461
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.64×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.2%
Peak was 2001 (249)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#707
2001

Spellings of Cristobal

Cristobal is the most-used spelling, taking 91.0% of the 8,781 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Cristobal is used

Across 2016–2025, Cristobal was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 5,263 boys, against 1 in 8,442 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 5,263
  2. 2Arizona1 in 6,667
  3. 3California1 in 6,667
  4. 4Florida1 in 10,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 20,000
  6. 6Nevada1 in 20,000
  7. 7Washington1 in 25,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 50,000

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.

Cristobal around the world

Where Cristobal 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
    2014–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    1923–2022
    #6,625
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1991–2021
    #2,619
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    2005–2005
    #643
    in 2005

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 Cristobal

People whose public names include Cristobal, 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.

Cristobal in other languages

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

KesterKristofChristofChristophKristoferKrzysztofChristoferChristopheKristofferChristofferChristopherKristófKrištofKryštofChristovKristapsCristòfolCristóvãoKristóferCristoforoKhristoforChristophorosChristophorus

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

Cristobal by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,610
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 111
Best rank ever
#707
2001
Peak year
2001
249 that year
First recorded
1908
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,990
Count in 2025
105

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,795
1986
Peak year
1986
6 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
1986
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Cristobal

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

CristoferCristianoCristopherCristhianCristovalCristianCrispinCristoCrimsonAnibalCrisantoChristobalHannibalCrisCristinoCristCristinaCristhoferCrissCrixusCristofherJubalCrisoforoCristan

Names with a curve like Cristobal

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

AndreasOctavioEverardoLazaroFrancescoEfrenGermanSimeonRamseyKalvinMauroVladimir

Sibling names for Cristobal

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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