boys:
11.6k births since 1950
#1069 (77th percentile)
overall:
11.6k births since 1950
#2448 (68th percentile)
The name Cristopher is the #2,448 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,606 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 68.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,069 (76.7% percentile) for all time with 11,606 births since 1950.
Cristopher first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (first recorded for boys in 1950). Birth data for Cristopher is available in 73 out of the 74 years between 1950 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, Cristopher reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 51.6% percentile (ranked #428) with 260 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 260 births per million (ranked 51.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cristopher ranks #793 for boys (13.0% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 25.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cristopher".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Cristopher. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Cristopher is pronounced as KRIH-stuh-fer, which has 3 syllables.
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