boys:
778 births since 1922
#3809 (17th percentile)
overall:
778 births since 1922
#6961 (10th percentile)
The name Christobal is the #6,961 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 778 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,809 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 778 births since 1922.
Christobal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (first recorded for boys in 1922). Birth data for Christobal is available in 84 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Christobal reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #798) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Despite a low point around 2013, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Christobal ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 28.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christobal".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Christobal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Christobal is pronounced as krih-STOH-buhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stuh-buhl, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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