Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Chris

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Chris
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.1% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

7,204

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

94.1%

2024

423

All-time

147,039

Chris once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 7,204 boys were named Chris.

In 2024, only 423 boys were given the name.

Down 94.1% from its peak.

All told, about 147,039 Americans have been named Chris and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.1% from peak

19617,204 boys named Chris

2024423 boys named Chris

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