as a First Name
Short form of Christopher, and of Christine and the group of related girls' names. As a boy's name it is sometimes used independently.
| 81st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 624,911
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kansas
- has the most people named Chris per capita
- 1961
- marked the height of its popularity
13%
87%
16%
55+
55+
72%
30-54
30-54
4%
13-29
13-29
7%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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