Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Christopher

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

Endangered Down 91.6% from peak

Peak era

1984

Peak rank proxy

60,019

Current vitality

Strong

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19842024

Peak year

1984

Decline from peak

91.6%

2024

5,054

All-time

2,064,796

Christopher 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 1984, when 60,019 boys were named Christopher.

In 2024, only 5,054 boys were given the name.

Down 91.6% from its peak.

All told, about 2,064,796 Americans have been named Christopher and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMass culture

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.6% from peak

198460,019 boys named Christopher

20245,054 boys named Christopher

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