Kristoff
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-tof
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Kristoff is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearer of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Kristoff mean?
Greek: spelling of Christoph; German form of Christopher
“bearer of Christ”
German form of Christopher; the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck reformed 18th-century opera.
Meaning borrowed from Christoph.
Is Kristoff a girl's or a boy's name?
Kristoff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kristoff in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Kristoff, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer boys named Kristoff than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Kristoff in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kristoff in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Kristoff
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kristoff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Nico Xander Lucas Ares Phoenix Silas Axel Kyrie Theo Kingston Easton
Names related to Kristoff
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
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, “Kristoff: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kristoff, updated 20 October 2026.