Khristina vs Khristopher
American parents have registered 2,318 Khristophers since 1880, against 1,275 Khristinas. Khristopher is still ahead, with 18 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Khristina Khristopher
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 64 years in which either name was published, Khristopher for 52 years and Khristina for 12 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.
- 1962–1963 Khristina ahead
- 1964 Khristopher ahead
- 1965–1971 Khristina ahead
- 1972 Khristopher ahead
- 1973 Khristina ahead
- 1974–1978 Khristopher ahead
- 1979–1980 Khristina ahead
- 1981–2025 Khristopher ahead
Side by side
| Khristina | Khristopher | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,275 | 2,318 |
| Most in one year | 48 | 72 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | 18 |
| Estimated living today | 1,200 | 2,200 |
| Median age today | 40 | 31 |
| Peak year | 1979 | 1991 |
| Best rank | 2,088th girls | 1,325th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 14,942nd | 5,208th |
| First recorded | 1962 | 1964 |
| Girls / boys | 1,275 / 0 | 0 / 2,318 |
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 Khristinas alive today are over 40; half the Khristophers are over 31. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Khristina California (4.8×), Florida (3.0×), Texas (2.3×)
- Khristopher Texas (4.3×), California (3.7×), Florida (3.1×)
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: Khristina and Khristopher.