Christobal
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Christobal is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Christobal mean?
Spanish: spelling of Cristobal
A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Cristóbal.
Meaning borrowed from Cristobal. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Christobal a girl's or a boy's name?
Christobal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christobal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Christobal, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Christobal in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were given Christobal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,387, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Cristobal 105
- Christobal 7
Christobal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Christobal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cesar Xavier Gabriel Joshua Samuel Israel Jonathan Cameron Cristian Ariel Javier Benjamin
Other spellings of Christobal
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Esmeralda Amayah Reina Sierra Paloma Amaia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Christobal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christobal, updated 20 October 2026.