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Cristopher

#1,426 in 2025Boys' name

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Cristopher has been given to 11,898 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #1,426 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 576 recorded.

Babies named Cristopher, 2025

1 in 26,300

Cristopher over time, 1880–2025

Boys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cristopher: meaning, origin, and history

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

English

What Cristopher means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Cristopher is used in Spanish. Its origins include English.

Cristopher comes through English Christopher.

Cristopher is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cristóbal and Christopher.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Cristopher is pronounced /ˈkɾistofeɾ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,898 boys were recorded with the name Cristopher between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 576 in 2007; its best national rank was #470 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,259 in 2020 to #1,426 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #959 in 2015 to #1,426 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Cristopher?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 26,300
126 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,426
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cristopher 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 18,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cristopher. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cristophers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cristopher was born before 2004 — so the typical Cristopher is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,898
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (4,204).

Is Cristopher 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
−195
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−167
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−467
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.59×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
21.9%
Peak was 2007 (576)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#470
2007

Spellings of Cristopher

Cristopher is not the most common spelling — Christopher is, with 95.5% against Cristopher's 0.55%.

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 Cristopher is used

Across 2016–2025, Cristopher was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 10,323 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 6,250
  2. 2Texas1 in 6,667
  3. 3California1 in 7,692
  4. 4Florida1 in 8,333
  5. 5New York1 in 8,333
  6. 6Colorado1 in 14,286
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 14,286
  8. 8Virginia1 in 14,286

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.

Cristopher around the world

Where Cristopher 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
    2003–2003
    #3,467
    in 2003
  • Scotland
    1978–1978
    #302
    in 1978
  • France
    1985–2016
    #5,182
    in 2016
  • Canada
    1991–2019
    #2,583
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1947–2001
    #581
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS 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 Cristopher

People whose public names include Cristopher, 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.

Cristopher in other languages

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

TopherCristoferKristopherChristopherKhristofor

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

Cristopher by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,426
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 167
Best rank ever
#470
2007
Peak year
2007
576 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,898
Count in 2025
126

Names similar to Cristopher

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

CristobalCristoferCristianoCristofherCristhianKristopherFletcherCristianChistopherThatcherKhristopherCristovalCrispinChristpherFisherChristoherCristhoferArtherFischerArcherChrisopherCristoKrystopherCrimson

Names with a curve like Cristopher

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

DavinJairoUlisesCaleOsvaldoGiancarloMauricioNathenJabariKeyonQuintenBraulio

Sibling names for Cristopher

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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