boys:
9.7k births since 1945
#1187 (74th percentile)
overall:
9.7k births since 1945
#2715 (65th percentile)
The name Kristofer is the #2,715 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,736 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 64.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,187 (74.1% percentile) for all time with 9,736 births since 1945.
Kristofer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (first recorded for boys in 1945). Birth data for Kristofer is available in 73 out of the 79 years between 1945 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, Kristofer reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 43.3% percentile (ranked #384) with 204 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 204 births per million (ranked 43.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1990, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kristofer ranks #888 for boys (2.5% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 7.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kristofer".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kristofer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Kristofer is pronounced as KRIH-stuh-fer, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KRIH-stoh-fer, at 15.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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