Cristo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KREES-toh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Cristo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “anointed one”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Cristo mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian for Christ, from Greek Khristos
“anointed one”
Greek Khristos translates the Hebrew title Messiah, both meaning anointed.
Is Cristo a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristo 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 Cristo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Cristo, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Cristo than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Cristo in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cristo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,368 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
Names like Cristo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Nico, Pablo, Diego, Alessandro, Pedro, Marco, Santiago, Thiago, Rodrigo, Xander, Marquez
Names related to Cristo
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Cristo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristo, updated 20 October 2026.