Cristopher
Boy · KRIS-to-fer · Greek
Cristopher is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearing Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 1,425th for boys in the US (126 babies).
What does Cristopher mean?
Greek: spelling of Christopher
“bearing Christ”
A spelling of Christopher; St Christopher, said to have carried the Christ child across a river, is patron of travellers.
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Is Cristopher a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristopher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 126 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristopher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,425among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 126 boys in the US were named Cristopher, making it the 1,425th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,259th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 576 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Cristopher in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,172 boys in the US were given Cristopher or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #68, up from #1,425 for this spelling alone.
- Christopher 4,748
- Kristopher 172
- Cristopher 126
- Cristofer 80
- Christofer 22
- Khristopher 18
- Christoper 6
Cristopher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,425 |
| 2024 | 163 | #1,231 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,458 |
| 2022 | 149 | #1,284 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 146 | #1,259 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,121 |
| 2016 | 187 | #1,055 |
| 2015 | 215 | #958 |
| 2014 | 224 | #938 |
| 2013 | 248 | #861 |
| 2012 | 289 | #784 |
| 2011 | 377 | #624 |
| 2010 | 417 | #597 |
| 2009 | 521 | #516 |
| 2008 | 553 | #495 |
| 2007 | 576 | #470 |
| 2006 | 519 | #500 |
| 2005 | 372 | #606 |
| 2004 | 380 | #585 |
| 2003 | 373 | #586 |
| 2002 | 306 | #636 |
| 2001 | 289 | #646 |
| 2000 | 315 | #608 |
| 1999 | 219 | #738 |
| 1998 | 232 | #715 |
| 1997 | 241 | #675 |
| 1996 | 199 | #750 |
| 1995 | 211 | #737 |
| 1994 | 170 | #808 |
| 1993 | 176 | #794 |
| 1992 | 186 | #763 |
| 1991 | 169 | #788 |
| 1990 | 189 | #737 |
| 1989 | 193 | #705 |
| 1988 | 153 | #763 |
| 1987 | 152 | #739 |
| 1986 | 134 | #783 |
| 1985 | 134 | #764 |
| 1984 | 124 | #775 |
| 1983 | 117 | #810 |
| 1982 | 109 | #849 |
| 1981 | 105 | #865 |
| 1980 | 86 | #967 |
| 1979 | 84 | #965 |
| 1978 | 79 | #969 |
| 1977 | 85 | #921 |
| 1976 | 74 | #969 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1974 | 71 | #969 |
| 1973 | 77 | #914 |
| 1972 | 72 | #952 |
| 1971 | 84 | #886 |
| 1970 | 68 | #979 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,034 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,215 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,580 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
Nicknames for Cristopher
- Cris 14 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Cristopher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cooper Christian Xavier Alexander Cesar Alexis Lucas Damian Carter Alessandro Hunter Tyler
Other spellings of Cristopher
Christopher Kristopher Cristofer Christofer Khristopher Christoper
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