Christoph
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-tof
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Christoph is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearer of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Christoph mean?
Greek: German form of Christopher
“bearer of Christ”
German form of Christopher; the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck reformed 18th-century opera.
Is Christoph a girl's or a boy's name?
Christoph is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christoph in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Christoph in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Christoph in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Christoph, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had more boys named Christoph than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Christoph in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Christoph in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,558 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
Nicknames for Christoph
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Christoph
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Christoph
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Christoph: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christoph, updated 20 October 2026.