Christopher
For 2025 the count puts Christopher at #68 nationwide, cooling off gently. On the books since 1880, peaking in 1984: 2,069,596 American children so far.
What Christopher carries
Christopher
“bearer”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Christopher’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Christopher, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Christopher since 1880
Christopher peaked in 1984 at #2; #68 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Christopher is most common
The state that gives Christopher most often, per boys born there, is New Mexico (0.57% in 2025); Mississippi and Delaware are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Christopher
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Victoria
#54 in 2025 · Latin
Jonathan
#89 in 2025 · Hebrew
Anthony
#46 in 2025 · Latin
Allison
#103 in 2025
Nicholas
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Emily
#34 in 2025 · Latin
Melanie
#142 in 2025 · Greek
Samantha
#151 in 2025
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About Christopher
How popular is the name Christopher?
For 2025 the count puts Christopher at #68 nationwide, cooling off gently. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Christopher?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “bearer” (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Christopher?
The recipe puts Victoria first, then Anthony, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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