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How popular is the name Christopher?
Births per year, rank history and how many Christophers are alive today.
Christopher (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 203rd in 2025 with 247 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1984, when it was the most popular boys' name outright, given to around 14,000 babies. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 570,000 babies have been named Christopher in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Christopher include Kit and Chris.
The Christopher you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Christophers born in England and Wales are between 41 and 64, and there are at least 490,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 80% chance that at least one of them will be called Christopher.
How many babies are named Christopher each year?
Where does Christopher rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Christopher most popular?
Christopher peaked in 1984, when around 14,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Christopher?
At least 490,000 people named Christopher born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Christopher?
Most living Christophers are between 41 and 64; the most common age is about 42.
Is Christopher becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.