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Christopher

Pronounced /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1982 · #483
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:5,054 in 2024 (#61)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Christopher in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1982 with 430 babies, ranked #483.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1938.
  • 9,507 girls have been named Christopher since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Christopher per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 96 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 748 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,704 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,197 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 656 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 106 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Late Latin Christophorus, from Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, “carrier of Christ”), from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “carrier, bearer”), from φέρειν (phérein, “to carry, to bear”) + -ος (-os, “-er: forming agent nouns”), from the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus across a river.

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Christopher, CC BY-SA 4.0.