Cristobal
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,609 for boys
Cristobal is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,609th for boys in the US (105 babies).
What does Cristobal mean?
Spanish
A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Cristóbal.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cristobal a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristobal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 105 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristobal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,609th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were named Cristobal, making it the 1,609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,499th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 249 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had fewer boys named Cristobal than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Cristobal in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were given Cristobal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,387, up from #1,609 for this spelling alone.
- Cristobal 105
- Christobal 7
Cristobal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,609 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,481 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,390 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,447 |
| 2021 | 133 | #1,378 |
| 2020 | 113 | #1,499 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,459 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,385 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2015 | 164 | #1,148 |
| 2014 | 143 | #1,252 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,285 |
| 2012 | 152 | #1,188 |
| 2011 | 151 | #1,173 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,209 |
| 2009 | 181 | #1,049 |
| 2008 | 160 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 215 | #919 |
| 2006 | 183 | #1,003 |
| 2005 | 175 | #986 |
| 2004 | 162 | #1,012 |
| 2003 | 176 | #932 |
| 2002 | 159 | #987 |
| 2001 | 249 | #707 |
| 2000 | 198 | #811 |
| 1999 | 146 | #976 |
| 1998 | 129 | #1,041 |
| 1997 | 148 | #916 |
| 1996 | 136 | #947 |
| 1995 | 147 | #910 |
| 1994 | 144 | #907 |
| 1993 | 141 | #903 |
| 1992 | 115 | #1,014 |
| 1991 | 118 | #981 |
| 1990 | 125 | #917 |
| 1989 | 107 | #982 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,116 |
| 1987 | 87 | #1,015 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,022 |
| 1985 | 83 | #997 |
| 1984 | 84 | #967 |
| 1983 | 96 | #895 |
| 1982 | 104 | #871 |
| 1981 | 96 | #914 |
| 1980 | 82 | #996 |
| 1979 | 86 | #952 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,011 |
| 1977 | 74 | #998 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1975 | 74 | #953 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,026 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,207 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,064 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,165 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,374 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
Names like Cristobal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego, Xavier, Cesar, Cruz, Gabriel, Angel, Santiago, Miguel, Ariel, Cameron, Rodrigo, Ismael
Other spellings of Cristobal
More Spanish names
Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Rio, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia, Solana, Anahi
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, “Cristobal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristobal, updated 20 October 2026.