Chris
Boy · KRIS · Greek
Chris is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 646th for boys in the US (431 babies).
What does Chris mean?
Greek: short form of Christopher or Christian
“Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”
A short form of Christopher or Christian, both built on the Greek christos, anointed.
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Is Chris a girl's or a boy's name?
Chris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 431 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #986among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Chris, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 58 boys.
Half of all the boys named Chris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were given Chris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #781, up from #986 for this spelling alone.
- Chris 34
- Kris 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Chris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 43 | #827 |
| 2022 | 38 | #904 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 38 | #892 |
| 2017 | 39 | #889 |
| 2016 | 46 | #788 |
| 2015 | 44 | #794 |
| 2014 | 36 | #905 |
| 2013 | 55 | #676 |
| 2012 | 52 | #711 |
| 2011 | 51 | #701 |
| 2010 | 43 | #771 |
| 2009 | 58 | #622 |
| 2008 | 50 | #685 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 48 | #652 |
| 2005 | 53 | #562 |
| 2004 | 50 | #565 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 24 | #846 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 27 | #728 |
| 1999 | 30 | #654 |
| 1998 | 23 | #778 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Chris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #646among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 431about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 431 boys in the US were named Chris, making it the 646th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 676th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 7,203 boys.
2025 had more boys named Chris than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Chris in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 497 boys in the US were given Chris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #646 for this spelling alone.
Chris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 431 | #646 |
| 2024 | 424 | #651 |
| 2023 | 330 | #773 |
| 2022 | 408 | #668 |
| 2021 | 412 | #658 |
| 2020 | 382 | #676 |
| 2019 | 490 | #570 |
| 2018 | 440 | #610 |
| 2017 | 459 | #595 |
| 2016 | 514 | #559 |
| 2015 | 569 | #506 |
| 2014 | 539 | #519 |
| 2013 | 624 | #455 |
| 2012 | 648 | #429 |
| 2011 | 581 | #460 |
| 2010 | 721 | #393 |
| 2009 | 861 | #358 |
| 2008 | 944 | #346 |
| 2007 | 909 | #349 |
| 2006 | 842 | #358 |
| 2005 | 723 | #396 |
| 2004 | 676 | #395 |
| 2003 | 678 | #388 |
| 2002 | 692 | #378 |
| 2001 | 695 | #377 |
| 2000 | 651 | #391 |
| 1999 | 623 | #396 |
| 1998 | 599 | #408 |
| 1997 | 532 | #428 |
| 1996 | 552 | #414 |
| 1995 | 489 | #462 |
| 1994 | 442 | #483 |
| 1993 | 445 | #473 |
| 1992 | 462 | #469 |
| 1991 | 510 | #439 |
| 1990 | 489 | #447 |
| 1989 | 539 | #401 |
| 1988 | 497 | #401 |
| 1987 | 514 | #375 |
| 1986 | 537 | #351 |
| 1985 | 615 | #325 |
| 1984 | 626 | #312 |
| 1983 | 651 | #303 |
| 1982 | 713 | #287 |
| 1981 | 830 | #259 |
| 1980 | 991 | #234 |
| 1979 | 1,264 | #189 |
| 1978 | 1,339 | #174 |
| 1977 | 1,494 | #160 |
| 1976 | 1,597 | #154 |
| 1975 | 1,954 | #132 |
| 1974 | 2,279 | #116 |
| 1973 | 2,703 | #96 |
| 1972 | 3,472 | #82 |
| 1971 | 4,293 | #68 |
| 1970 | 4,460 | #63 |
| 1969 | 4,280 | #66 |
| 1968 | 4,249 | #64 |
| 1967 | 4,618 | #60 |
| 1966 | 5,257 | #55 |
| 1965 | 5,479 | #60 |
| 1964 | 5,639 | #65 |
| 1963 | 6,328 | #59 |
| 1962 | 6,791 | #60 |
| 1961 | 7,203 | #57 |
| 1960 | 6,494 | #63 |
| 1959 | 5,676 | #72 |
| 1958 | 4,457 | #93 |
| 1957 | 3,249 | #120 |
| 1956 | 2,533 | #128 |
| 1955 | 2,193 | #139 |
| 1954 | 1,801 | #159 |
| 1953 | 1,579 | #168 |
| 1952 | 1,687 | #160 |
| 1951 | 1,473 | #173 |
| 1950 | 1,249 | #178 |
| 1949 | 1,389 | #168 |
| 1948 | 1,286 | #172 |
| 1947 | 1,116 | #185 |
| 1946 | 827 | #209 |
| 1945 | 551 | #242 |
| 1944 | 529 | #253 |
| 1943 | 447 | #292 |
| 1942 | 383 | #313 |
| 1941 | 321 | #327 |
| 1940 | 317 | #314 |
| 1939 | 246 | #357 |
| 1938 | 228 | #373 |
| 1937 | 196 | #398 |
| 1936 | 190 | #399 |
| 1935 | 182 | #404 |
| 1934 | 181 | #416 |
| 1933 | 142 | #470 |
| 1932 | 208 | #388 |
| 1931 | 154 | #454 |
| 1930 | 172 | #451 |
| 1929 | 171 | #452 |
| 1928 | 164 | #476 |
| 1927 | 153 | #491 |
| 1926 | 168 | #463 |
| 1925 | 182 | #445 |
| 1924 | 178 | #459 |
| 1923 | 155 | #494 |
| 1922 | 169 | #473 |
| 1921 | 147 | #510 |
| 1920 | 180 | #450 |
| 1919 | 128 | #526 |
| 1918 | 179 | #444 |
| 1917 | 145 | #477 |
| 1916 | 148 | #470 |
| 1915 | 145 | #456 |
| 1914 | 126 | #428 |
| 1913 | 81 | #483 |
| 1912 | 76 | #450 |
| 1911 | 43 | #446 |
| 1910 | 32 | #492 |
| 1909 | 48 | #334 |
| 1908 | 37 | #383 |
| 1907 | 29 | #429 |
| 1906 | 30 | #394 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 27 | #401 |
| 1903 | 35 | #318 |
| 1902 | 37 | #317 |
| 1901 | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | 45 | #312 |
| 1899 | 36 | #289 |
| 1898 | 33 | #335 |
| 1897 | 35 | #311 |
| 1896 | 53 | #249 |
| 1895 | 41 | #276 |
| 1894 | 45 | #260 |
| 1893 | 40 | #275 |
| 1892 | 49 | #253 |
| 1891 | 32 | #291 |
| 1890 | 32 | #302 |
| 1889 | 42 | #251 |
| 1888 | 59 | #228 |
| 1887 | 46 | #239 |
| 1886 | 62 | #213 |
| 1885 | 50 | #233 |
| 1884 | 57 | #218 |
| 1883 | 47 | #229 |
| 1882 | 39 | #273 |
| 1881 | 52 | #211 |
| 1880 | 49 | #236 |
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