Chrisopher
Masculine · “Christ-bearer”
Chrisopher is Christopher without its t. Whether that was a decision or a clerk's slip is not something the record can answer, and the interesting part is that it does not matter once the certificate is signed.
How old is the name Chrisopher?
Chrisopher first appears in US birth records in 1958 — 67 years ago. The typical Chrisopher alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 700 people named Chrisopher are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Chrisopher most popular?
Chrisopher peaked in 1985, reaching #1504 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Chrisopher
A birth record is a legal document, and what is on it is the name. That is the whole mechanism: a registrar writes down what is dictated or handed over, the entry is filed, and from that moment the spelling on the paper is the person's name regardless of how it got there. Statistical records therefore contain a certain number of entries that began as mishearings, slips of the pen, or transcriptions of handwriting nobody could read, sitting indistinguishably beside deliberate respellings. Genealogists deal with this constantly. From the outside there is no way to separate the two, and after a generation or two there is no difference worth separating.
Meaning
Christ-bearer
The Greek name joins Christ to a verb meaning to carry, and the reading is not in doubt. The missing letter in this spelling is undocumented and may not have been intended.
Pronouncing Chrisopher
KRIS-uh-fur
Three syllables with the stress in front, said exactly like Christopher. The missing letter is not audible.
Nicknames for Chrisopher
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1958
- Most boys named
- 198544 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1504reached in 1985
- Change vs 2000
- +20.0%6 in 2015, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chrisophers among us
people named Chrisopher are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Chrisopher sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Chris is available as a short form from the first day and needs no explaining.
- The sound is completely familiar, so it is never a puzzle to say.
- The meaning is settled and can be given in two words.
- Christopher is the standard spelling by an enormous margin and this one will be corrected constantly.
- It will be read as a typing error by most people who see it, which is a correction made often.
- No reason for the missing letter is documented, so there is nothing to say when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Chrisophers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Chrisopher are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Chrisopher in 2025?
- Chrisopher is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Chrisopher with classmates?
- Chrisopher will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More C names
The most-given names starting with C, all years combined.
Charles#48 · Christopher#68 · Carl#1132 · Christian#96 · Caleb#58 · Cameron#76 · Carlos#150 · Clarence#1499
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