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Baby name
Chris
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13% girls / 87% boys
Origin of the name
Chris is a short form of Christopher, Christine or other names beginning the same way.
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Where babies named Chris are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Chris is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Chris is most common in New Mexico (1.6 times), Louisiana (1.5) and Kansas (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Chris are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Chris is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Chris is most common in Washington (1.9 times), Wisconsin (1.9) and Iowa (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 2% | 98% |
| 1920s | 7% | 93% |
| 1930s | 10% | 90% |
| 1940s | 18% | 82% |
| 1950s | 20% | 80% |
| 1960s | 17% | 83% |
| 1970s | 8% | 92% |
| 1980s | 8% | 92% |
| 1990s | 5% | 95% |
| 2000s | 2% | 98% |
| 2010s | 1% | 99% |
| 2020s | 2% | 98% |