# Christoph (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christoph/  
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 | 1,192 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,192 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,163 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,005 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,628 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,728 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,573 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,360 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,572 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,411 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,483 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,617 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,923 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,356 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,369 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,154 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,525 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |

## People named Christoph

- Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor (born 1956)
- Christoph Schönborn, Austrian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal of the roman catholic church
- Christoph Kramer, German association football player
- Christoph Metzelder, German footballer (born 1980)
- Christoph Baumgartner, Austrian association football player (born 1999)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German musician and composer (1732–1795)
- Christoph Schneider, German drummer
- Christoph Daum, German football manager (1953–2024)
- Christoph Cellarius, German classical scholar
- Johann Christoph Bach I, German composer and organist (1642–1703)
- Christoph Sumann, Austrian biathlete
- Christoph Leitgeb, Austrian association football player

## 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.