boy's name

Christoffer

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 11
  • Births on record 733

Christoffer is a boy's name. In 2020 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 37 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.

Christoffer over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

229
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Christoffer by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 14
1970s 118
1980s 229
1990s 193
2000s 127
2010s 42
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Christoffer?

In 2020, Christoffer was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Christoffer is used

France #2,851 5 in 1995
United States #12,358 5 in 2020

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 Christoffer

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

Parents who like Christoffer also like

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

Sibling names for Christoffer

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

Common questions about Christoffer

How popular is the name Christoffer?

In 2020, Christoffer was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Christoffer is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Christoffer most popular?

Christoffer peaked in 1990, when 37 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.