# Christoffer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christoffer/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 728 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 728 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 | 5,430 |
| 2002 | 15 | 4,945 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,816 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,065 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,716 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,535 |
| 2007 | 18 | 5,029 |
| 2008 | 16 | 5,533 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6,877 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8,949 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,810 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,944 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,047 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,398 |

## People named Christoffer

- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Danish painter (1783–1853)
- Christoffer Boe, Danish filmmaker
- Christoffer Remmer, Danish footballer
- Christoffer Mafoumbi, French-Congolese footballer
- Christoffer Faarup, Danish alpine skier
- Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (1617–1673)
- Christoffer Taxell, Finnish politician
- Christoffer Nygaard, Danish auto racing driver
- Christoffer Valkendorff, Danish politician (1525-1601)
- Carl Haglund, Finnish politician
- Carsten Linnemann, German economist and politician
- Vilhelm Herold, Danish opera singer (1865–1937)

## 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.