boy's name

Christobal

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 10
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 821

Christobal is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1922.

Christobal over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Christobal by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 15
1930s 42
1940s 27
1950s 78
1960s 100
1970s 116
1980s 94
1990s 76
2000s 130
2010s 72
2020s (to 2025) 41

How popular is Christobal?

In 2025, Christobal was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Christobal is used

France #5,818 5 in 2012
United States #10,010 7 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Christobal

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Christobal also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Christobal over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Christobal

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Christobal — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Christobal

How popular is the name Christobal?

In 2025, Christobal was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Christobal a girl's or a boy's name?

Christobal is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Christobal most popular?

Christobal peaked in 2000, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Christobal a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Christobal currently ranks #10,010 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.