Christopher is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #117 for boy births in the United States, given to 4,748 babies. Christopher first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1984 (60,411 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,748 | #117 |
| 2024 | 5,082 | #105 |
| 2023 | 5,204 | #97 |
| 2022 | 5,594 | #92 |
| 2021 | 5,874 | #83 |
| 2020 | 6,227 | #72 |
| 2019 | 7,027 | #66 |
| 2018 | 7,350 | #63 |
| 2017 | 8,319 | #55 |
| 2016 | 9,119 | #51 |
| 2015 | 9,868 | #45 |
| 2014 | 10,406 | #39 |
| 2013 | 10,893 | #35 |
| 2012 | 11,940 | #31 |
| 2011 | 13,045 | #28 |
| 2010 | 14,310 | #19 |
| 2009 | 16,391 | #14 |
| 2008 | 18,005 | #12 |
| 2007 | 20,055 | #6 |
| 2006 | 19,727 | #9 |
| 2005 | 19,221 | #13 |
| 2004 | 19,733 | #14 |
| 2003 | 20,795 | #11 |
| 2002 | 21,718 | #10 |
| 2001 | 23,172 | #6 |
| 2000 | 24,986 | #6 |
| 1999 | 25,669 | #7 |
| 1998 | 27,061 | #5 |
| 1997 | 29,167 | #4 |
| 1996 | 30,978 | #4 |
| 1995 | 32,783 | #3 |
| 1994 | 34,910 | #2 |
| 1993 | 38,349 | #2 |
| 1992 | 42,598 | #2 |
| 1991 | 47,269 | #2 |
| 1990 | 52,550 | #2 |
| 1989 | 53,428 | #2 |
| 1988 | 53,368 | #2 |
| 1987 | 54,871 | #4 |
| 1986 | 57,102 | #2 |
| 1985 | 60,024 | #2 |
| 1984 | 60,411 | #2 |
| 1983 | 59,742 | #2 |
| 1982 | 59,653 | #2 |
| 1981 | 50,513 | #3 |
| 1980 | 49,391 | #3 |
| 1979 | 50,973 | #3 |
| 1978 | 47,534 | #4 |
| 1977 | 46,999 | #4 |
| 1976 | 45,466 | #4 |
| 1975 | 46,877 | #4 |
| 1974 | 48,873 | #4 |
| 1973 | 48,588 | #3 |
| 1972 | 52,422 | #3 |
| 1971 | 48,495 | #7 |
| 1970 | 41,964 | #7 |
| 1969 | 35,845 | #8 |
| 1968 | 31,600 | #12 |
| 1967 | 29,543 | #12 |
| 1966 | 27,971 | #15 |
| 1965 | 24,723 | #23 |
| 1964 | 19,688 | #34 |
| 1963 | 18,405 | #42 |
| 1962 | 17,604 | #46 |
| 1961 | 17,286 | #50 |
| 1960 | 15,412 | #58 |
| 1959 | 12,956 | #67 |
| 1958 | 11,117 | #73 |
| 1957 | 9,037 | #87 |
| 1956 | 8,416 | #98 |
| 1955 | 7,950 | #104 |
| 1954 | 6,115 | #135 |
| 1953 | 6,105 | #131 |
| 1952 | 6,318 | #121 |
| 1951 | 5,775 | #132 |
| 1950 | 4,866 | #149 |
| 1949 | 4,030 | #169 |
| 1948 | 3,071 | #212 |
| 1947 | 2,303 | #263 |
| 1946 | 1,620 | #319 |
| 1945 | 1,165 | #334 |
| 1944 | 1,011 | #370 |
| 1943 | 903 | #402 |
| 1942 | 830 | #425 |
| 1941 | 625 | #469 |
| 1940 | 506 | #517 |
| 1939 | 364 | #622 |
| 1938 | 316 | #668 |
| 1937 | 294 | #681 |
| 1936 | 277 | #694 |
| 1935 | 269 | #717 |
| 1934 | 271 | #711 |
| 1933 | 205 | #819 |
| 1932 | 244 | #766 |
| 1931 | 237 | #765 |
| 1930 | 267 | #736 |
| 1929 | 273 | #731 |
| 1928 | 266 | #753 |
| 1927 | 285 | #736 |
| 1926 | 270 | #759 |
| 1925 | 286 | #741 |
| 1924 | 297 | #732 |
| 1923 | 294 | #723 |
| 1922 | 307 | #706 |
| 1921 | 291 | #747 |
| 1920 | 293 | #727 |
| 1919 | 262 | #748 |
| 1918 | 272 | #747 |
| 1917 | 263 | #735 |
| 1916 | 260 | #715 |
| 1915 | 242 | #726 |
| 1914 | 200 | #701 |
| 1913 | 157 | #707 |
| 1912 | 151 | #667 |
| 1911 | 83 | #737 |
| 1910 | 70 | #780 |
| 1909 | 50 | #860 |
| 1908 | 54 | #790 |
| 1907 | 52 | #785 |
| 1906 | 49 | #776 |
| 1905 | 50 | #757 |
| 1904 | 43 | #802 |
| 1903 | 50 | #709 |
| 1902 | 47 | #730 |
| 1901 | 34 | #826 |
| 1900 | 55 | #729 |
| 1899 | 42 | #707 |
| 1898 | 43 | #735 |
| 1897 | 57 | #614 |
| 1896 | 73 | #543 |
| 1895 | 60 | #587 |
| 1894 | 72 | #530 |
| 1893 | 93 | #435 |
| 1892 | 100 | #424 |
| 1891 | 62 | #519 |
| 1890 | 66 | #512 |
| 1889 | 71 | #471 |
| 1888 | 79 | #449 |
| 1887 | 56 | #488 |
| 1886 | 66 | #456 |
| 1885 | 71 | #420 |
| 1884 | 68 | #427 |
| 1883 | 89 | #320 |
| 1882 | 89 | #324 |
| 1881 | 68 | #355 |
| 1880 | 95 | #286 |