# Chris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kɹɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 170,417 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 147,462 / 22,955 (13% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 999, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | 9,609 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10,858 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,535 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,230 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,747 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,370 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,078 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,723 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,396 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,180 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,447 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,707 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,974 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,729 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,434 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | 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 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 681 |
| 2012 | 43 | 754 |
| 2013 | 49 | 676 |
| 2014 | 31 | 935 |
| 2015 | 40 | 790 |
| 2016 | 41 | 790 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 35 | 870 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 32 | 898 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 38 | 843 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 34 | 914 |

## People named Chris

- Chris Rock, American comedian, actor and filmmaker (born 1965)
- Chris Cornell, American musician (1964–2017)
- Chris Smalling, English association football player
- Chris Columbus, American filmmaker (born 1958)
- Chris Colfer, actor, singer, book author
- Chris Cooper, American actor (1951-)
- Chris Hardwick, American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and music
- Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (1964–1997)
- Chris O'Donnell, American actor
- Chris Bosh, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Chris Penn, American actor (1965–2006)
- Chris Noth, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.