Chimere vs Chistopher
American parents have registered 1,446 Chistophers since 1880, against 829 Chimeres. Chistopher is still ahead, with 7 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Chimere 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 60 years in which either name was published, Chistopher for 53 years and Chimere for 7 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
- 1958–1978 Chistopher ahead
- 1979–1984 Chimere ahead
- 1985–2013 Chistopher ahead
- 2015 Chimere ahead
- 2016–2025 Chistopher ahead
Side by side
| Chimere | Chistopher | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 829 | 1,446 |
| Most in one year | 167 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 800 | 1,300 |
| Median age today | 43 | 42 |
| Peak year | 1980 | 1985 |
| Best rank | 902nd girls | 1,242nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 9,714th |
| First recorded | 1979 | 1958 |
| Girls / boys | 824 / 5 | 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.
Where each one is strongest
- Chimere Maryland (6.4×), Florida (3.7×), Virginia (3.4×)
- 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: Chimere and Chistopher.