Meaning not yet researched.
Chris: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 431 in 2025. Its best rank was #55 in 1966.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #55 in 1966; #646 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Chris in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#646 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1966, at #55.
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Chris: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 431 boys in 2025. Peak: #55 in 1966 · most boys in one year: 7,203 (1961).
In 2025, 431 US boys were named Chris, making it the 646th most common boys’ name of the year, up 5 places from #651 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 424 boys named Chris in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #55, reached in 1966. The most boys given the name in a single year was 7,203, in 1961. For comparison, it was #506 in 2015 and #178 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Chris in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #215, reached in 1961. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,571. For comparison, it was #12,078 in 2015 and #562 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Chris in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 49 babies with the name. In all, 170,417 US babies have been given the name, 13% of them girls and 87% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 67,612 babies named Chris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,290 US boys were named Chris; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 514. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,963 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Chris ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #284 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kris (27,971 babies since 1880), Cris (4,127 babies since 1880), Christ (4,029 babies since 1880) and Christos (2,890 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Chriss, Chrisette and Khris are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Kris.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Chriss (678), Chrisette (505), Khris (393), Chrys (220), Khriz (184), Chriselle (46), Chrispin (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Chris is listed as a nickname for Christa, Christian, Christiana, Christiano, Christina, Christine, Christoffer, Christoph, Christopher, Crystal, Kris, Kristen, Kristin, Kristine, Kristofer, Kristoffer, Kristopher, Kristy.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 71 | #284 | #347 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #354 | — |
| Nevada | 7 | #401 | #400 |
| New York | 42 | #408 | #327 |
| Indiana | 16 | #435 | #632 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #441 | #306 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #470 | #439 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #493 | #664 |
| Iowa | 6 | #513 | #464 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #569 | — |
| Tennessee | 12 | #599 | #596 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #602 | #546 |
| California | 47 | #616 | #332 |
| Missouri | 8 | #660 | #673 |
| Arizona | 9 | #681 | #531 |
| Texas | 37 | #732 | #549 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #763 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #845 | #723 |
| Colorado | 5 | #872 | #814 |
| Virginia | 7 | #896 | #472 |
| Ohio | 8 | #956 | #658 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,046 | #580 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,048 | #594 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,234 | #458 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 431 | #646 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,434 | 424 | #651 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,729 | 330 | #774 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,974 | 408 | #668 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,707 | 412 | #658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,447 | 382 | #676 |
| 2019 | — | — | 490 | #570 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,180 | 440 | #612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,396 | 459 | #595 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,723 | 514 | #560 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,078 | 569 | #506 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,370 | 539 | #520 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,747 | 624 | #455 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,230 | 648 | #429 |
| 2011 | — | — | 581 | #460 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,535 | 721 | #393 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,858 | 861 | #358 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,609 | 944 | #346 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,811 | 909 | #349 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,638 | 842 | #358 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,106 | 723 | #396 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,064 | 676 | #395 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,678 | 678 | #388 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,128 | 692 | #378 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,621 | 695 | #377 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,533 | 651 | #391 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,563 | 623 | #396 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,124 | 599 | #408 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,258 | 532 | #428 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,739 | 552 | #414 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,242 | 489 | #462 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,809 | 442 | #483 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,796 | 445 | #473 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,265 | 462 | #469 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,945 | 510 | #439 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,538 | 489 | #448 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,493 | 539 | #401 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,453 | 497 | #401 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,672 | 514 | #376 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,960 | 537 | #351 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,053 | 615 | #325 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,838 | 626 | #312 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,028 | 651 | #303 |
| 1982 | 84 | #1,438 | 713 | #287 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,561 | 830 | #259 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,250 | 991 | #234 |
| 1979 | 119 | #1,126 | 1,264 | #189 |
| 1978 | 129 | #1,051 | 1,339 | #174 |
| 1977 | 162 | #884 | 1,494 | #160 |
| 1976 | 188 | #765 | 1,597 | #154 |
| 1975 | 201 | #730 | 1,954 | #132 |
| 1974 | 204 | #712 | 2,279 | #116 |
| 1973 | 238 | #636 | 2,703 | #96 |
| 1972 | 277 | #584 | 3,472 | #82 |
| 1971 | 323 | #555 | 4,293 | #68 |
| 1970 | 458 | #460 | 4,460 | #63 |
| 1969 | 528 | #416 | 4,280 | #66 |
| 1968 | 668 | #341 | 4,249 | #64 |
| 1967 | 729 | #324 | 4,618 | #60 |
| 1966 | 860 | #293 | 5,257 | #55 |
| 1965 | 1,089 | #262 | 5,479 | #60 |
| 1964 | 1,377 | #233 | 5,639 | #65 |
| 1963 | 1,424 | #231 | 6,328 | #59 |
| 1962 | 1,519 | #218 | 6,791 | #60 |
| 1961 | 1,571 | #215 | 7,203 | #57 |
| 1960 | 1,509 | #219 | 6,494 | #63 |
| 1959 | 1,409 | #225 | 5,676 | #72 |
| 1958 | 1,340 | #227 | 4,457 | #93 |
| 1957 | 1,021 | #273 | 3,249 | #120 |
| 1956 | 613 | #351 | 2,533 | #128 |
| 1955 | 453 | #416 | 2,193 | #139 |
| 1954 | 374 | #457 | 1,801 | #159 |
| 1953 | 334 | #466 | 1,579 | #168 |
| 1952 | 327 | #466 | 1,687 | #160 |
| 1951 | 278 | #491 | 1,473 | #173 |
| 1950 | 219 | #562 | 1,249 | #178 |
| 1949 | 241 | #532 | 1,389 | #168 |
| 1948 | 329 | #436 | 1,286 | #172 |
| 1947 | 322 | #456 | 1,116 | #185 |
| 1946 | 202 | #559 | 827 | #209 |
| 1945 | 129 | #643 | 551 | #242 |
| 1944 | 106 | #740 | 529 | #253 |
| 1943 | 102 | #768 | 447 | #292 |
| 1942 | 70 | #936 | 383 | #313 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,136 | 321 | #327 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,318 | 317 | #314 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,352 | 246 | #357 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,483 | 228 | #373 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,457 | 196 | #398 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,698 | 190 | #400 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,794 | 182 | #404 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,206 | 181 | #416 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,918 | 142 | #470 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,635 | 208 | #389 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,124 | 154 | #455 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,326 | 172 | #452 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,110 | 171 | #452 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,912 | 164 | #476 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,352 | 153 | #491 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,590 | 168 | #463 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,093 | 182 | #445 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,544 | 178 | #459 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,487 | 155 | #494 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,806 | 169 | #474 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,573 | 147 | #510 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,931 | 180 | #452 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,896 | 128 | #526 |
| 1918 | — | — | 179 | #445 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,186 | 145 | #477 |
| 1916 | — | — | 148 | #471 |
| 1915 | — | — | 145 | #456 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,675 | 126 | #428 |
| 1913 | — | — | 81 | #483 |
| 1912 | — | — | 76 | #451 |
| 1911 | — | — | 43 | #446 |
| 1910 | — | — | 32 | #493 |
| 1909 | — | — | 48 | #334 |
| 1908 | — | — | 37 | #384 |
| 1907 | — | — | 29 | #429 |
| 1906 | — | — | 30 | #395 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #432 |
| 1904 | — | — | 27 | #401 |
| 1903 | — | — | 35 | #318 |
| 1902 | — | — | 37 | #321 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #361 |
| 1900 | — | — | 45 | #313 |
| 1899 | — | — | 36 | #291 |
| 1898 | — | — | 33 | #335 |
| 1897 | — | — | 35 | #311 |
| 1896 | — | — | 53 | #250 |
| 1895 | — | — | 41 | #276 |
| 1894 | — | — | 45 | #260 |
| 1893 | — | — | 40 | #276 |
| 1892 | — | — | 49 | #253 |
| 1891 | — | — | 32 | #291 |
| 1890 | — | — | 32 | #302 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #253 |
| 1888 | — | — | 59 | #229 |
| 1887 | — | — | 46 | #239 |
| 1886 | — | — | 62 | #214 |
| 1885 | — | — | 50 | #233 |
| 1884 | — | — | 57 | #219 |
| 1883 | — | — | 47 | #229 |
| 1882 | — | — | 39 | #273 |
| 1881 | — | — | 52 | #211 |
| 1880 | — | — | 49 | #236 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).