NameTides

Christopher

Christopher was the #68 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,748 babies), and #203 in England & Wales and #171 in Canada.

Christopher as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Christopher as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Christopher as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#68 (4,748)#203 (247)#140 (32)#185 (11)#121 (45)#171 (197)——
2024#61 (5,082)#204 (247)#127 (38)#239 (8)#112 (49)#168 (201)——
2023#55 (5,198)#187 (269)#133 (36)#153 (15)#110 (52)#173 (190)——
2022#55 (5,589)#191 (271)#138 (38)#177 (12)#90 (69)#177 (197)——
2021#52 (5,863)#191 (287)#156 (32)#158 (15)#119 (54)#171 (214)——
2020#47 (6,216)#179 (298)#115 (49)#193 (10)#97 (63)#129 (268)——
2019#44 (7,022)#152 (368)#119 (49)#103 (26)#83 (83)#147 (251)——
2018#42 (7,341)#168 (332)#150 (38)#128 (19)#75 (90)#122 (301)——
2017#39 (8,319)#163 (344)#128 (47)#140 (19)#92 (78)#119 (325)——
2016#36 (9,106)#138 (428)#82 (82)#120 (25)#93 (77)#118 (338)——
2015#32 (9,853)#131 (454)#86 (80)#102 (29)#86 (87)#101 (392)——
2014#30 (10,390)#136 (419)#80 (87)#86 (36)#72 (114)#121 (344)#94 (108)—
2013#26 (10,878)#132 (455)#75 (98)#81 (39)#71 (112)#83 (459)#100 (105)—
2012#23 (11,921)#112 (563)#73 (96)#70 (47)#75 (105)#91 (447)#82 (127)—
2011#20 (13,027)#111 (582)#69 (110)#70 (48)#69 (117)#77 (475)#83 (127)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 360 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 360common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 610common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 530common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 810common

Next year

On its recent trend, Christopher is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 370 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 370 to 1 in 380.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Christopher by state, 2025Alaska: #85AKMaine: #139MEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #99NHWashington: #109WAIdaho: #109IDMontana: #85MTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #143MNIllinois: #90ILMichigan: #90MINew York: #53NYMassachusetts: #80MAOregon: #113ORNevada: #54NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #132IAIndiana: #93INOhio: #93OHPennsylvania: #83PANew Jersey: #45NJConnecticut: #69CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #72CAUtah: #101UTColorado: #99CONebraska: #116NEMissouri: #91MOKentucky: #91KYWest Virginia: #113WVVirginia: #57VAMaryland: #51MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #75AZNew Mexico: #30NMKansas: #74KSArkansas: #60ARTennessee: #51TNNorth Carolina: #66NCSouth Carolina: #60SCDistrict of Columbia: #60DCOklahoma: #82OKLouisiana: #70LAMississippi: #24MSAlabama: #37ALGeorgia: #41GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #49TXFlorida: #55FL
Christopher (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#16481
Quebec2025#25320

Christopher (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChristopherCanadaGirls—too few
ChristopherCanadaBoys#171197
ChristopherEngland & WalesBoys#203247
ChristopherIrelandBoys#12145
ChristopherNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
ChristopherNSWBoys—too few
ChristopherScotlandBoys#14032
ChristopherUSGirls—too few
ChristopherUSBoys#684,748
ChristopherVICBoys—too few