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Baby name
Christopher
Boy
Origin of the name
Christopher comes from the Greek Khristóphoros, “bearing Christ.”
Classic name
2,069,596births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 1984
Where babies named Christopher are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Christopher is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Christopher is most common in Alaska (1.6 times), Delaware (1.5) and Connecticut (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Cristopher 11,898
- Christophe 4,476
- Christoper 3,161
- Khristopher 2,318
- Chistopher 1,446
- Christpher 1,304
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