boys:
3.8k births since 1951
#2010 (56th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1951
#4457 (42nd percentile)
The name Christofer is the #4,457 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,804 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 42.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,010 (56.2% percentile) for all time with 3,804 births since 1951.
Christofer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (first recorded for boys in 1951).
For boys, Christofer reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #752) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 61 births per million (ranked 14.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Christofer ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 21.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christofer".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Christofer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Christofer is pronounced as KRIH-stuh-fer, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stoh-fer, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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