Chris is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1304 for boy births in the United States, given to 431 babies. Chris first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1961 (8,774 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 431 | #1,304 |
| 2024 | 431 | #1,315 |
| 2023 | 344 | #1,552 |
| 2022 | 414 | #1,357 |
| 2021 | 422 | #1,329 |
| 2020 | 391 | #1,361 |
| 2019 | 490 | #1,180 |
| 2018 | 446 | #1,251 |
| 2017 | 464 | #1,207 |
| 2016 | 520 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 577 | #1,044 |
| 2014 | 546 | #1,072 |
| 2013 | 635 | #930 |
| 2012 | 660 | #893 |
| 2011 | 581 | #968 |
| 2010 | 729 | #821 |
| 2009 | 871 | #732 |
| 2008 | 956 | #694 |
| 2007 | 925 | #704 |
| 2006 | 851 | #745 |
| 2005 | 732 | #817 |
| 2004 | 686 | #834 |
| 2003 | 692 | #804 |
| 2002 | 707 | #779 |
| 2001 | 715 | #773 |
| 2000 | 671 | #803 |
| 1999 | 638 | #821 |
| 1998 | 615 | #827 |
| 1997 | 551 | #865 |
| 1996 | 581 | #833 |
| 1995 | 513 | #917 |
| 1994 | 470 | #980 |
| 1993 | 473 | #961 |
| 1992 | 486 | #952 |
| 1991 | 549 | #872 |
| 1990 | 519 | #906 |
| 1989 | 568 | #821 |
| 1988 | 541 | #799 |
| 1987 | 551 | #761 |
| 1986 | 593 | #724 |
| 1985 | 667 | #666 |
| 1984 | 684 | #640 |
| 1983 | 701 | #623 |
| 1982 | 797 | #582 |
| 1981 | 906 | #523 |
| 1980 | 1,095 | #460 |
| 1979 | 1,383 | #371 |
| 1978 | 1,468 | #346 |
| 1977 | 1,656 | #315 |
| 1976 | 1,785 | #291 |
| 1975 | 2,155 | #257 |
| 1974 | 2,483 | #227 |
| 1973 | 2,941 | #197 |
| 1972 | 3,749 | #152 |
| 1971 | 4,616 | #142 |
| 1970 | 4,918 | #138 |
| 1969 | 4,808 | #135 |
| 1968 | 4,917 | #129 |
| 1967 | 5,347 | #124 |
| 1966 | 6,117 | #115 |
| 1965 | 6,568 | #108 |
| 1964 | 7,016 | #118 |
| 1963 | 7,752 | #111 |
| 1962 | 8,310 | #107 |
| 1961 | 8,774 | #102 |
| 1960 | 8,003 | #110 |
| 1959 | 7,085 | #124 |
| 1958 | 5,797 | #153 |
| 1957 | 4,270 | #204 |
| 1956 | 3,146 | #251 |
| 1955 | 2,646 | #267 |
| 1954 | 2,175 | #301 |
| 1953 | 1,913 | #321 |
| 1952 | 2,014 | #307 |
| 1951 | 1,751 | #328 |
| 1950 | 1,468 | #357 |
| 1949 | 1,630 | #333 |
| 1948 | 1,615 | #334 |
| 1947 | 1,438 | #360 |
| 1946 | 1,029 | #405 |
| 1945 | 680 | #471 |
| 1944 | 635 | #498 |
| 1943 | 549 | #554 |
| 1942 | 453 | #607 |
| 1941 | 364 | #647 |
| 1940 | 349 | #647 |
| 1939 | 276 | #734 |
| 1938 | 254 | #761 |
| 1937 | 222 | #793 |
| 1936 | 210 | #806 |
| 1935 | 201 | #818 |
| 1934 | 195 | #845 |
| 1933 | 159 | #924 |
| 1932 | 230 | #784 |
| 1931 | 169 | #912 |
| 1930 | 186 | #898 |
| 1929 | 187 | #902 |
| 1928 | 184 | #934 |
| 1927 | 168 | #996 |
| 1926 | 181 | #948 |
| 1925 | 189 | #934 |
| 1924 | 192 | #943 |
| 1923 | 169 | #1,011 |
| 1922 | 181 | #971 |
| 1921 | 153 | #1,070 |
| 1920 | 191 | #929 |
| 1919 | 135 | #1,108 |
| 1918 | 179 | #955 |
| 1917 | 151 | #1,006 |
| 1916 | 148 | #1,005 |
| 1915 | 145 | #972 |
| 1914 | 134 | #882 |
| 1913 | 81 | #1,039 |
| 1912 | 76 | #1,003 |
| 1911 | 43 | #1,105 |
| 1910 | 32 | #1,234 |
| 1909 | 48 | #894 |
| 1908 | 37 | #1,010 |
| 1907 | 29 | #1,124 |
| 1906 | 30 | #1,053 |
| 1905 | 25 | #1,144 |
| 1904 | 27 | #1,060 |
| 1903 | 35 | #868 |
| 1902 | 37 | #840 |
| 1901 | 26 | #970 |
| 1900 | 45 | #822 |
| 1899 | 36 | #785 |
| 1898 | 33 | #893 |
| 1897 | 35 | #802 |
| 1896 | 53 | #641 |
| 1895 | 41 | #718 |
| 1894 | 45 | #669 |
| 1893 | 40 | #702 |
| 1892 | 49 | #634 |
| 1891 | 32 | #739 |
| 1890 | 32 | #755 |
| 1889 | 42 | #628 |
| 1888 | 59 | #537 |
| 1887 | 46 | #551 |
| 1886 | 62 | #478 |
| 1885 | 50 | #514 |
| 1884 | 57 | #477 |
| 1883 | 47 | #492 |
| 1882 | 39 | #556 |
| 1881 | 52 | #425 |
| 1880 | 49 | #452 |