Chris is a familiar name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Chris is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #646 for boy births in the United States (and #1,306 across all names), given to 431 babies — 442 including U.S. territories. Chris first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1961 (7,203 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 431 | 442 | — | #646 |
| 2024 | 431 | 431 | #12,434 | #651 |
| 2023 | 344 | 356 | #7,729 | #774 |
| 2022 | 414 | 430 | #13,974 | #668 |
| 2021 | 422 | 434 | #9,707 | #658 |
| 2020 | 391 | 399 | #10,447 | #676 |
| 2019 | 490 | 505 | — | #570 |
| 2018 | 446 | 461 | #14,180 | #612 |
| 2017 | 464 | 482 | #16,396 | #595 |
| 2016 | 520 | 544 | #14,723 | #560 |
| 2015 | 577 | 609 | #12,078 | #506 |
| 2014 | 546 | 578 | #13,370 | #520 |
| 2013 | 635 | 675 | #9,747 | #455 |
| 2012 | 660 | 699 | #9,230 | #429 |
| 2011 | 581 | 620 | — | #460 |
| 2010 | 729 | 776 | #12,535 | #393 |
| 2009 | 871 | 916 | #10,858 | #358 |
| 2008 | 956 | 1,006 | #9,609 | #346 |
| 2007 | 925 | 980 | #7,811 | #349 |
| 2006 | 851 | 902 | #11,638 | #358 |
| 2005 | 732 | 780 | #11,106 | #396 |
| 2004 | 686 | 725 | #10,064 | #395 |
| 2003 | 692 | 736 | #7,678 | #388 |
| 2002 | 707 | 752 | #7,128 | #378 |
| 2001 | 715 | 751 | #5,621 | #377 |
| 2000 | 671 | 705 | #5,533 | #391 |
| 1999 | 638 | 694 | #6,563 | #396 |
| 1998 | 615 | 655 | #6,124 | #408 |
| 1997 | 551 | — | #5,258 | #428 |
| 1996 | 581 | — | #3,739 | #414 |
| 1995 | 513 | — | #4,242 | #462 |
| 1994 | 470 | — | #3,809 | #483 |
| 1993 | 473 | — | #3,796 | #473 |
| 1992 | 486 | — | #4,265 | #469 |
| 1991 | 549 | — | #2,945 | #439 |
| 1990 | 519 | — | #3,538 | #448 |
| 1989 | 568 | — | #3,493 | #401 |
| 1988 | 541 | — | #2,453 | #401 |
| 1987 | 551 | — | #2,672 | #376 |
| 1986 | 593 | — | #1,960 | #351 |
| 1985 | 667 | — | #2,053 | #325 |
| 1984 | 684 | — | #1,838 | #312 |
| 1983 | 701 | — | #2,028 | #303 |
| 1982 | 797 | — | #1,438 | #287 |
| 1981 | 906 | — | #1,561 | #259 |
| 1980 | 1,095 | — | #1,250 | #234 |
| 1979 | 1,383 | — | #1,126 | #189 |
| 1978 | 1,468 | — | #1,051 | #174 |
| 1977 | 1,656 | — | #884 | #160 |
| 1976 | 1,785 | — | #765 | #154 |
| 1975 | 2,155 | — | #730 | #132 |
| 1974 | 2,483 | — | #712 | #116 |
| 1973 | 2,941 | — | #636 | #96 |
| 1972 | 3,749 | — | #584 | #82 |
| 1971 | 4,616 | — | #555 | #68 |
| 1970 | 4,918 | — | #460 | #63 |
| 1969 | 4,808 | — | #416 | #66 |
| 1968 | 4,917 | — | #341 | #64 |
| 1967 | 5,347 | — | #324 | #60 |
| 1966 | 6,117 | — | #293 | #55 |
| 1965 | 6,568 | — | #262 | #60 |
| 1964 | 7,016 | — | #233 | #65 |
| 1963 | 7,752 | — | #231 | #59 |
| 1962 | 8,310 | — | #218 | #60 |
| 1961 | 8,774 | — | #215 | #57 |
| 1960 | 8,003 | — | #219 | #63 |
| 1959 | 7,085 | — | #225 | #72 |
| 1958 | 5,797 | — | #227 | #93 |
| 1957 | 4,270 | — | #273 | #120 |
| 1956 | 3,146 | — | #351 | #128 |
| 1955 | 2,646 | — | #416 | #139 |
| 1954 | 2,175 | — | #457 | #159 |
| 1953 | 1,913 | — | #466 | #168 |
| 1952 | 2,014 | — | #466 | #160 |
| 1951 | 1,751 | — | #491 | #173 |
| 1950 | 1,468 | — | #562 | #178 |
| 1949 | 1,630 | — | #532 | #168 |
| 1948 | 1,615 | — | #436 | #172 |
| 1947 | 1,438 | — | #456 | #185 |
| 1946 | 1,029 | — | #559 | #209 |
| 1945 | 680 | — | #643 | #242 |
| 1944 | 635 | — | #740 | #253 |
| 1943 | 549 | — | #768 | #292 |
| 1942 | 453 | — | #936 | #313 |
| 1941 | 364 | — | #1,136 | #327 |
| 1940 | 349 | — | #1,318 | #314 |
| 1939 | 276 | — | #1,352 | #357 |
| 1938 | 254 | — | #1,483 | #373 |
| 1937 | 222 | — | #1,457 | #398 |
| 1936 | 210 | — | #1,698 | #400 |
| 1935 | 201 | — | #1,794 | #404 |
| 1934 | 195 | — | #2,206 | #416 |
| 1933 | 159 | — | #1,918 | #470 |
| 1932 | 230 | — | #1,635 | #389 |
| 1931 | 169 | — | #2,124 | #455 |
| 1930 | 186 | — | #2,326 | #452 |
| 1929 | 187 | — | #2,110 | #452 |
| 1928 | 184 | — | #1,912 | #476 |
| 1927 | 168 | — | #2,352 | #491 |
| 1926 | 181 | — | #2,590 | #463 |
| 1925 | 189 | — | #4,093 | #445 |
| 1924 | 192 | — | #2,544 | #459 |
| 1923 | 169 | — | #2,487 | #494 |
| 1922 | 181 | — | #2,806 | #474 |
| 1921 | 153 | — | #4,573 | #510 |
| 1920 | 191 | — | #2,931 | #452 |
| 1919 | 135 | — | #3,896 | #526 |
| 1918 | 179 | — | — | #445 |
| 1917 | 151 | — | #4,186 | #477 |
| 1916 | 148 | — | — | #471 |
| 1915 | 145 | — | — | #456 |
| 1914 | 134 | — | #2,675 | #428 |
| 1913 | 81 | — | — | #483 |
| 1912 | 76 | — | — | #451 |
| 1911 | 43 | — | — | #446 |
| 1910 | 32 | — | — | #493 |
| 1909 | 48 | — | — | #334 |
| 1908 | 37 | — | — | #384 |
| 1907 | 29 | — | — | #429 |
| 1906 | 30 | — | — | #395 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | — | #432 |
| 1904 | 27 | — | — | #401 |
| 1903 | 35 | — | — | #318 |
| 1902 | 37 | — | — | #321 |
| 1901 | 26 | — | — | #361 |
| 1900 | 45 | — | — | #313 |
| 1899 | 36 | — | — | #291 |
| 1898 | 33 | — | — | #335 |
| 1897 | 35 | — | — | #311 |
| 1896 | 53 | — | — | #250 |
| 1895 | 41 | — | — | #276 |
| 1894 | 45 | — | — | #260 |
| 1893 | 40 | — | — | #276 |
| 1892 | 49 | — | — | #253 |
| 1891 | 32 | — | — | #291 |
| 1890 | 32 | — | — | #302 |
| 1889 | 42 | — | — | #253 |
| 1888 | 59 | — | — | #229 |
| 1887 | 46 | — | — | #239 |
| 1886 | 62 | — | — | #214 |
| 1885 | 50 | — | — | #233 |
| 1884 | 57 | — | — | #219 |
| 1883 | 47 | — | — | #229 |
| 1882 | 39 | — | — | #273 |
| 1881 | 52 | — | — | #211 |
| 1880 | 49 | — | — | #236 |