Chris

What Chris means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Chris yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1961, with 7,203 babies; 431 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Chris?

US: Falling: down from #506 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #790 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1961, when 7,203 boys got the name (#57 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,963 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,998 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (0.74 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.68 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Chris is #646 in the US and #914 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Chris were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Chriss5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Chris

Boys

• Preston#299Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025
• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Chase#192Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025
• Evan#153“God is gracious”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*

For a sister

• Natalie#89Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 10,951 babies; 2,736 in 2025
• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Kylie#204Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 5,558 babies; 1,491 in 2025
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
• Maggie#294Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chris’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.