Chris Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Chris: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 147,462 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

147,462

Peak year

1961 #57

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-12.3%

In the 1960s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	581	#460
2012	648	#429
2013	624	#455
2014	539	#520
2015	569	#506
2016	514	#560
2017	459	#595
2018	440	#612
2019	490	#570
2020	382	#676
2021	412	#658
2022	408	#668
2023	330	#774
2024	424	#651
2025	431	#646

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1961

978

459

433

382

356

341

Names from the same era

Tony · 1961 Dean · 1961 Jeff · 1961 Darryl · 1961 Greg · 1961 Dwayne · 1961 Kelvin · 1961 Clark · 1961 Chuck · 1961 Rusty · 1961

Names similar to Chris

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