How popular is the name Cristopher?

Cristopher ranks 941st among boys' names in US records, with 12,628 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,610.

Is Cristopher a unisex name?

No. Cristopher is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2007, when 611 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Chrystopher, Krisstopher, Crisstopher. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#941 of boy names

Pronounced K R IH1 S T AA1 P HH ER0 (ARPABET)

Cristopher is a boys' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 12,628 children — the 941st most common boys' name on record.

It is falling away, down 63% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 611 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Chrystopher, Krisstopher and Crisstopher — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Cristopher and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Pronunciations:: K R IH1 S T AA1 P HH ER0 · K R IH1 S T AA1 P HH ER1 · K R IH1 S T AO1 P HH ER0 · K R IH1 S T AO1 P HH ER1
Stress pattern:: 110 · 111 · 110 · 111
Syllables:: 3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Cristopher?: Cristopher ranks 941st among boys' names in US records, with 12,628 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,610.
Is Cristopher a unisex name?: No. Cristopher is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Cristopher most popular?: 2007, when 611 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Cristopher spelled?: Chrystopher, Krisstopher, Crisstopher. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.