Christopher
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Christopher is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearing Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 194th for boys in the UK (290 babies) and 68th for boys in the US (4,748 babies).
What does Christopher mean?
Greek: from Greek Khristophoros
“bearing Christ”
St Christopher, said to have carried the Christ child across a river, is the patron saint of travellers.
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Is Christopher a girl's or a boy's name?
Christopher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 290 boys in the UK and 4,748 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christopher in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #194among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 290about 1 in 1,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 290 boys in the UK were named Christopher, making it the 194th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 167th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 3,944 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Christopher since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Christopher in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 203rd in England and Wales, 140th in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#61), 1914 (#66), 1924 (#69), 1934 (#57), 1944 (#16), 1954 (#9), 1964 (#11), 1974 (#6), 1984 (#1), 1994 (#14) and 2004 (#65).
Christopher in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 290 | #194 |
| 2024 | 293 | #194 |
| 2023 | 320 | #179 |
| 2022 | 321 | #175 |
| 2021 | 334 | #180 |
| 2020 | 357 | #167 |
| 2019 | 443 | #146 |
| 2018 | 389 | #162 |
| 2017 | 410 | #161 |
| 2016 | 535 | #126 |
| 2015 | 563 | #123 |
| 2014 | 542 | #130 |
| 2013 | 592 | #115 |
| 2012 | 706 | #100 |
| 2011 | 740 | #103 |
| 2010 | 788 | #94 |
| 2009 | 827 | #89 |
| 2008 | 945 | #86 |
| 2007 | 1,039 | #77 |
| 2006 | 1,040 | #78 |
| 2005 | 1,168 | #65 |
| 2004 | 1,243 | #61 |
| 2003 | 1,336 | #52 |
| 2002 | 1,403 | #49 |
| 2001 | 1,691 | #46 |
| 2000 | 2,003 | #40 |
| 1999 | 2,355 | #38 |
| 1998 | 3,065 | #28 |
| 1997 | 3,583 | #25 |
| 1996 | 3,944 | #24 |
How popular is Christopher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #68among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4,748about 1 in 360 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4,748 boys in the US were named Christopher, making it the 68th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 47th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 60,021 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 18 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Christopher than any year since 1949.
Half of all the boys named Christopher in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,172 boys in the US were given Christopher or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #68.
- Christopher 4,748
- Kristopher 172
- Cristopher 126
- Cristofer 80
- Christofer 22
- Khristopher 18
- Christoper 6
Christopher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,748 | #68 |
| 2024 | 5,082 | #61 |
| 2023 | 5,198 | #55 |
| 2022 | 5,589 | #55 |
| 2021 | 5,863 | #52 |
| 2020 | 6,216 | #47 |
| 2019 | 7,022 | #44 |
| 2018 | 7,341 | #42 |
| 2017 | 8,319 | #39 |
| 2016 | 9,106 | #36 |
| 2015 | 9,853 | #32 |
| 2014 | 10,390 | #30 |
| 2013 | 10,878 | #26 |
| 2012 | 11,921 | #23 |
| 2011 | 13,027 | #20 |
| 2010 | 14,299 | #13 |
| 2009 | 16,368 | #10 |
| 2008 | 17,966 | #9 |
| 2007 | 20,030 | #6 |
| 2006 | 19,688 | #8 |
| 2005 | 19,174 | #10 |
| 2004 | 19,636 | #10 |
| 2003 | 20,753 | #9 |
| 2002 | 21,689 | #8 |
| 2001 | 23,132 | #5 |
| 2000 | 24,936 | #5 |
| 1999 | 25,604 | #6 |
| 1998 | 27,007 | #5 |
| 1997 | 29,108 | #4 |
| 1996 | 30,904 | #4 |
| 1995 | 32,679 | #3 |
| 1994 | 34,807 | #2 |
| 1993 | 38,237 | #2 |
| 1992 | 42,468 | #2 |
| 1991 | 47,111 | #2 |
| 1990 | 52,362 | #2 |
| 1989 | 53,186 | #2 |
| 1988 | 53,014 | #2 |
| 1987 | 54,493 | #2 |
| 1986 | 56,693 | #2 |
| 1985 | 59,609 | #2 |
| 1984 | 60,021 | #2 |
| 1983 | 59,324 | #2 |
| 1982 | 59,223 | #2 |
| 1981 | 50,221 | #2 |
| 1980 | 49,079 | #2 |
| 1979 | 50,659 | #2 |
| 1978 | 47,236 | #3 |
| 1977 | 46,721 | #3 |
| 1976 | 45,190 | #3 |
| 1975 | 46,575 | #3 |
| 1974 | 48,585 | #3 |
| 1973 | 48,313 | #2 |
| 1972 | 52,172 | #2 |
| 1971 | 48,225 | #6 |
| 1970 | 41,747 | #6 |
| 1969 | 35,672 | #7 |
| 1968 | 31,468 | #9 |
| 1967 | 29,413 | #9 |
| 1966 | 27,866 | #12 |
| 1965 | 24,640 | #18 |
| 1964 | 19,627 | #23 |
| 1963 | 18,339 | #26 |
| 1962 | 17,535 | #26 |
| 1961 | 17,223 | #26 |
| 1960 | 15,361 | #29 |
| 1959 | 12,915 | #35 |
| 1958 | 11,079 | #39 |
| 1957 | 8,997 | #43 |
| 1956 | 8,384 | #47 |
| 1955 | 7,922 | #49 |
| 1954 | 6,084 | #64 |
| 1953 | 6,081 | #63 |
| 1952 | 6,302 | #57 |
| 1951 | 5,734 | #61 |
| 1950 | 4,835 | #72 |
| 1949 | 4,000 | #81 |
| 1948 | 3,036 | #102 |
| 1947 | 2,273 | #127 |
| 1946 | 1,599 | #150 |
| 1945 | 1,138 | #160 |
| 1944 | 1,001 | #170 |
| 1943 | 888 | #184 |
| 1942 | 813 | #195 |
| 1941 | 618 | #215 |
| 1940 | 499 | #241 |
| 1939 | 359 | #292 |
| 1938 | 308 | #313 |
| 1937 | 294 | #312 |
| 1936 | 277 | #323 |
| 1935 | 269 | #334 |
| 1934 | 271 | #329 |
| 1933 | 205 | #381 |
| 1932 | 244 | #354 |
| 1931 | 237 | #364 |
| 1930 | 267 | #344 |
| 1929 | 273 | #337 |
| 1928 | 266 | #349 |
| 1927 | 285 | #340 |
| 1926 | 270 | #353 |
| 1925 | 286 | #345 |
| 1924 | 297 | #338 |
| 1923 | 294 | #342 |
| 1922 | 307 | #331 |
| 1921 | 291 | #346 |
| 1920 | 293 | #339 |
| 1919 | 262 | #352 |
| 1918 | 272 | #351 |
| 1917 | 263 | #340 |
| 1916 | 260 | #329 |
| 1915 | 242 | #341 |
| 1914 | 200 | #321 |
| 1913 | 157 | #322 |
| 1912 | 151 | #290 |
| 1911 | 83 | #289 |
| 1910 | 70 | #296 |
| 1909 | 50 | #325 |
| 1908 | 54 | #296 |
| 1907 | 52 | #294 |
| 1906 | 49 | #286 |
| 1905 | 50 | #280 |
| 1904 | 43 | #294 |
| 1903 | 50 | #257 |
| 1902 | 47 | #274 |
| 1901 | 34 | #302 |
| 1900 | 55 | #277 |
| 1899 | 42 | #257 |
| 1898 | 43 | #274 |
| 1897 | 57 | #232 |
| 1896 | 73 | #206 |
| 1895 | 60 | #227 |
| 1894 | 72 | #202 |
| 1893 | 93 | #157 |
| 1892 | 100 | #159 |
| 1891 | 62 | #199 |
| 1890 | 66 | #201 |
| 1889 | 71 | #187 |
| 1888 | 79 | #187 |
| 1887 | 56 | #205 |
| 1886 | 66 | #200 |
| 1885 | 71 | #183 |
| 1884 | 68 | #196 |
| 1883 | 89 | #144 |
| 1882 | 89 | #155 |
| 1881 | 68 | #173 |
| 1880 | 95 | #142 |
Nicknames for Christopher
Names like Christopher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander Nicholas Jason Michael Matthew Patrick Daniel Anthony Adam Luke Benjamin Jamie
Other spellings of Christopher
Kristopher Cristopher Cristofer Christofer Khristopher Christoper
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