Christos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-tos
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Christos is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “anointed one”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Christos mean?
Greek: Greek given name from christos
“anointed one”
The Greek word for Christ, used as a given name in Greece and Cyprus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Christos a girl's or a boy's name?
Christos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Christos, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 boys.
2025 had more boys named Christos than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Christos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Christos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Christos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Christos, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Christos in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Christos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,182 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,773 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,428 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 47 | #1,360 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 47 | #1,373 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,214 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,089 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Christos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Christos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christos, updated 20 October 2026.