Chico vs Chistopher
American parents have registered 1,446 Chistophers since 1880, against 951 Chicos. Chistopher is still ahead, with 7 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Chico Chistopher
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 78 years in which either name was published, Chistopher for 53 years and Chico for 25 years. The lead changed hands 11 times.
- 1922–1959 Chico ahead
- 1960–1975 Chistopher ahead
- 1976–1977 Chico ahead
- 1978–1996 Chistopher ahead
- 1997–1998 Chico ahead
- 1999–2000 Chistopher ahead
- 2001 Chico ahead
- 2002–2011 Chistopher ahead
- 2012 Chico ahead
- 2013–2019 Chistopher ahead
- 2020 Chico ahead
- 2025 Chistopher ahead
Side by side
| Chico | Chistopher | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 951 | 1,446 |
| Most in one year | 56 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 810 | 1,300 |
| Median age today | 48 | 42 |
| Peak year | 1977 | 1985 |
| Best rank | 1,177th boys | 1,242nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 9,714th |
| First recorded | 1922 | 1958 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 951 | 0 / 1,446 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Chicos alive today are over 48; half the Chistophers are over 42. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Chico South Carolina (23.8×)
- Chistopher California (5.5×), Texas (3.3×), New York (0.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Chico and Chistopher.