CHRISTOPHER is ranked as the 28th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,339,998.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 420.25 people named CHRISTOPHER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named CHRISTOPHER is 1,888,729.
The SSA data also shows that CHRISTOPHER is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
CHRISTOPHER is
79.1% White,
4.9% Hispanic origin,
12.1% Black,
1.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name CHRISTOPHER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name CHRISTOPHER is included in the following name categories:
English surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name CHRISTOPHER
The state with the most people named
CHRISTOPHER is
California where
108,571 people have this name.
Alaska is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named CHRISTOPHER, as
685.33 in every 100,000
Alaskans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Georgia.
Alaska is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
California
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
3 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name CHRISTOPHER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
66,800
518.61
100.0%
Indiana
34,991
530.43
99.9%
Iowa
8,772
282.3
99.8%
Kansas
10,513
362.02
99.7%
Michigan
40,533
409.02
99.9%
Minnesota
19,250
352.75
99.9%
Missouri
14,033
468.7
99.9%
Nebraska
6,518
346.4
99.6%
North Dakota
2,766
374.08
99.2%
Ohio
70,382
607.05
100.0%
South Dakota
2,617
306.79
98.9%
Wisconsin
20,189
350.66
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name CHRISTOPHER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
5,049
685.33
99.8%
Arizona
26,194
389.13
99.9%
California
108,571
279.8
100.0%
Colorado
35,238
657.93
100.0%
Hawaii
4,154
292.64
99.8%
Idaho
5,871
359.23
99.7%
Montana
3,452
337.21
99.3%
Nevada
13,014
458.39
99.9%
New Mexico
8,116
389.16
99.8%
Oregon
18,426
464.11
99.9%
Utah
15,694
533.27
99.9%
Washington
23,881
338.18
99.9%
Wyoming
2,033
348
99.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name CHRISTOPHER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
16,379
455.41
99.9%
Maine
4,961
372.96
99.5%
Massachusetts
23,949
355.04
99.9%
New Hampshire
4,980
375.35
99.5%
New Jersey
42,604
476.65
99.9%
New York
92,898
470.46
100.0%
Pennsylvania
73,547
575.16
100.0%
Rhode Island
4,357
412.89
99.7%
Vermont
4,241
676.93
99.8%
South States
State stats for the first name CHRISTOPHER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have CHRISTOPHER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named CHRISTOPHER.
The most popular full name is CHRISTOPHER Smith.
0.87% of all the people named CHRISTOPHER
have this family name.
There are 72044 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name CHRISTOPHER