Khris
Boy · KRIS · Greek
Khris is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Khris mean?
Greek: spelling of Chris; short form of Christopher or Christian
“Christ-bearer or follower of Christ”
A short form of Christopher or Christian, both built on the Greek christos, anointed.
- Say it
- KRIS
Meaning borrowed from Chris. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khris a girl's or a boy's name?
Khris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Khris, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Khris in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 497 boys in the US were given Khris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Khris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
Names like Khris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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