EveryBabyNames

Chris

4 countries#646 in United States, 2025
US
#646
in United States, 2025
FR
#602
in France, 2022
SCOT
290
total births, Scotland
NI
26
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
176,206
Peak year (United States)
1961
Peak-year count
8,774
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Chris was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

170,417 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #646 · peaked in 1961 with 8,774 births

Most common in: California, Texas, New York, Ohio, Illinois

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

5,473 births recorded 1954–2022 · currently #602 · peaked in 2011 with 208 births

Most common in: Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise, Hauts-de-Seine, Guadeloupe

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

290 births recorded 1975–2023 · peaked in 1988 with 16 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

26 births recorded 1997–2019 · peaked in 2005 with 5 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Chris’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#358
2007#349↑9
2008#346↑3
2009#358↓12
2010#393↓35
2011#460↓67
2012#429↑31
2013#455↓26
2014#519↓64
2015#506↑13
2016#559↓53
2017#595↓36
2018#610↓15
2019#570↑40
2020#676↓106
2021#658↑18
2022#668↓10
2023#773↓105
2024#651↑122
2025#646↑5

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