How popular is “Christopher” in the USA?
Number of people named “Christopher” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Christopher” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Christopher” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Christopher” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Christopher” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Christopher” by birth year
This chart shows how “Christopher” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 95 | 0.000471501 | 95 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 68 | 0.000352902 | 68 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 89 | 0.000401746 | 89 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 89 | 0.000410242 | 89 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 68 | 0.000279306 | 68 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 71 | 0.000294784 | 71 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 66 | 0.000258502 | 66 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 56 | 0.00022636 | 56 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 79 | 0.000263796 | 79 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 71 | 0.000245721 | 71 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 66 | 0.000218977 | 66 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 62 | 0.000216275 | 62 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 100 | 0.000299066 | 100 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 93 | 0.000285958 | 93 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 72 | 0.000212584 | 72 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 60 | 0.00017093 | 60 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 73 | 0.000204205 | 73 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 57 | 0.000164285 | 57 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 43 | 0.000112726 | 43 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 42 | 0.000123808 | 42 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 55 | 0.000122152 | 55 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 34 | 0.000098319 | 34 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 47 | 0.000121531 | 47 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 50 | 0.000131164 | 50 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 43 | 0.000106571 | 43 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 50 | 0.000117946 | 50 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 49 | 0.000114365 | 49 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 52 | 0.000111734 | 52 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 54 | 0.000110509 | 54 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 50 | 0.000097804 | 50 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 70 | 0.000118501 | 70 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 83 | 0.000128826 | 83 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 151 | 0.000152825 | 151 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 157 | 0.000138069 | 157 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 200 | 0.000141208 | 200 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 242 | 0.000132065 | 242 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 260 | 0.000134408 | 260 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 263 | 0.000131058 | 263 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 272 | 0.000125281 | 272 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 262 | 0.000124156 | 262 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 293 | 0.000129495 | 293 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 291 | 0.000124652 | 291 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 307 | 0.000134111 | 307 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 294 | 0.000127688 | 294 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 297 | 0.000124705 | 297 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 286 | 0.000122573 | 286 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 270 | 0.000117601 | 270 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 285 | 0.000122879 | 285 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 266 | 0.000117651 | 266 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 273 | 0.000124535 | 273 | -100% | |
| 1930 | 267 | 0.000120092 | 267 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 237 | 0.000112623 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 244 | 0.00011557 | 244 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 205 | 0.000102529 | 205 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 271 | 0.000130489 | 271 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 269 | 0.000128716 | 269 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 277 | 0.000133329 | 277 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 294 | 0.000137987 | 294 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 316 | 0.00014282 | 8 | 308 | -95% |
| 1939 | 364 | 0.000165197 | 5 | 359 | -97% |
| 1940 | 506 | 0.000219748 | 7 | 499 | -97% |
| 1941 | 625 | 0.000256528 | 7 | 618 | -98% |
| 1942 | 830 | 0.000303834 | 17 | 813 | -96% |
| 1943 | 903 | 0.000319923 | 15 | 888 | -97% |
| 1944 | 1011 | 0.000375829 | 10 | 1001 | -98% |
| 1945 | 1165 | 0.000439147 | 27 | 1138 | -95% |
| 1946 | 1620 | 0.000506998 | 21 | 1599 | -97% |
| 1947 | 2303 | 0.000639321 | 30 | 2273 | -97% |
| 1948 | 3072 | 0.000889788 | 35 | 3037 | -98% |
| 1949 | 4029 | 0.001156184 | 30 | 3999 | -99% |
| 1950 | 4867 | 0.001389235 | 31 | 4836 | -99% |
| 1951 | 5776 | 0.00156798 | 41 | 5735 | -99% |
| 1952 | 6317 | 0.001663241 | 16 | 6301 | -99% |
| 1953 | 6105 | 0.001584228 | 24 | 6081 | -99% |
| 1954 | 6115 | 0.001536168 | 31 | 6084 | -99% |
| 1955 | 7948 | 0.001979561 | 28 | 7920 | -99% |
| 1956 | 8418 | 0.002041698 | 32 | 8386 | -99% |
| 1957 | 9035 | 0.002150135 | 40 | 8995 | -99% |
| 1958 | 11118 | 0.002689243 | 38 | 11080 | -99% |
| 1959 | 12938 | 0.003112549 | 41 | 12897 | -99% |
| 1960 | 15413 | 0.00371047 | 52 | 15361 | -99% |
| 1961 | 17278 | 0.004171462 | 62 | 17216 | -99% |
| 1962 | 17598 | 0.004361532 | 69 | 17529 | -99% |
| 1963 | 18414 | 0.00465196 | 67 | 18347 | -99% |
| 1964 | 19688 | 0.005064354 | 60 | 19628 | -99% |
| 1965 | 24724 | 0.006819509 | 83 | 24641 | -99% |
| 1966 | 27971 | 0.008047886 | 105 | 27866 | -99% |
| 1967 | 29545 | 0.008702803 | 130 | 29415 | -99% |
| 1968 | 31599 | 0.009353346 | 132 | 31467 | -99% |
| 1969 | 35851 | 0.010315798 | 174 | 35677 | -99% |
| 1970 | 41969 | 0.011637038 | 217 | 41752 | -99% |
| 1971 | 48492 | 0.014128202 | 270 | 48222 | -99% |
| 1972 | 52426 | 0.016680146 | 250 | 52176 | -99% |
| 1973 | 48586 | 0.016104868 | 275 | 48311 | -99% |
| 1974 | 48880 | 0.016078947 | 288 | 48592 | -99% |
| 1975 | 46877 | 0.015525409 | 302 | 46575 | -99% |
| 1976 | 45471 | 0.014985604 | 276 | 45195 | -99% |
| 1977 | 47004 | 0.014797828 | 278 | 46726 | -99% |
| 1978 | 47535 | 0.01497722 | 298 | 47237 | -99% |
| 1979 | 50982 | 0.015323895 | 314 | 50668 | -99% |
| 1980 | 49394 | 0.014340004 | 312 | 49082 | -99% |
| 1981 | 50512 | 0.014601654 | 292 | 50220 | -99% |
| 1982 | 59660 | 0.017007127 | 430 | 59230 | -99% |
| 1983 | 59744 | 0.017250719 | 418 | 59326 | -99% |
| 1984 | 60412 | 0.017316697 | 390 | 60022 | -99% |
| 1985 | 60026 | 0.016818834 | 415 | 59611 | -99% |
| 1986 | 57103 | 0.016053941 | 409 | 56694 | -99% |
| 1987 | 54871 | 0.015218736 | 378 | 54493 | -99% |
| 1988 | 53367 | 0.014443574 | 354 | 53013 | -99% |
| 1989 | 53427 | 0.013897603 | 242 | 53185 | -99% |
| 1990 | 52542 | 0.01329421 | 188 | 52354 | -99% |
| 1991 | 47267 | 0.012135028 | 158 | 47109 | -99% |
| 1992 | 42596 | 0.011089589 | 130 | 42466 | -99% |
| 1993 | 38347 | 0.010171254 | 112 | 38235 | -99% |
| 1994 | 34908 | 0.009390229 | 103 | 34805 | -99% |
| 1995 | 32779 | 0.008951071 | 104 | 32675 | -99% |
| 1996 | 30977 | 0.008493728 | 74 | 30903 | -100% |
| 1997 | 29165 | 0.008044114 | 59 | 29106 | -100% |
| 1998 | 27060 | 0.007357083 | 54 | 27006 | -100% |
| 1999 | 25670 | 0.006949581 | 65 | 25605 | -99% |
| 2000 | 24986 | 0.006610418 | 50 | 24936 | -100% |
| 2001 | 23171 | 0.006190049 | 40 | 23131 | -100% |
| 2002 | 21718 | 0.005809852 | 29 | 21689 | -100% |
| 2003 | 20795 | 0.005469467 | 42 | 20753 | -100% |
| 2004 | 19733 | 0.005164851 | 97 | 19636 | -99% |
| 2005 | 19220 | 0.004999289 | 47 | 19173 | -100% |
| 2006 | 19727 | 0.004986861 | 39 | 19688 | -100% |
| 2007 | 20054 | 0.00501694 | 25 | 20029 | -100% |
| 2008 | 18003 | 0.004580802 | 39 | 17964 | -100% |
| 2009 | 16387 | 0.004290359 | 23 | 16364 | -100% |
| 2010 | 14305 | 0.003871295 | 11 | 14294 | -100% |
| 2011 | 13039 | 0.003565342 | 17 | 13022 | -100% |
| 2012 | 11935 | 0.003263919 | 19 | 11916 | -100% |
| 2013 | 10890 | 0.002987817 | 15 | 10875 | -100% |
| 2014 | 10397 | 0.002805893 | 16 | 10381 | -100% |
| 2015 | 9865 | 0.002666325 | 15 | 9850 | -100% |
| 2016 | 9111 | 0.002484239 | 13 | 9098 | -100% |
| 2017 | 8312 | 0.002325219 | 8312 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 7337 | 0.002087845 | 9 | 7328 | -100% |
| 2019 | 7013 | 0.002021742 | 5 | 7008 | -100% |
| 2020 | 6216 | 0.001862279 | 11 | 6205 | -100% |
| 2021 | 5860 | 0.001731327 | 11 | 5849 | -100% |
| 2022 | 5575 | 0.001650086 | 5 | 5570 | -100% |
| 2023 | 5177 | 0.001570098 | 6 | 5171 | -100% |