# Christophe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christophe/  
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 | 4,476 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,476 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14 | 6,122 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,421 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,164 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,604 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,900 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,945 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,712 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,422 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,232 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,287 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,747 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,767 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8,979 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,437 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,445 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,425 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Christophe

- Christopher Lambert, American actor
- Christophe Dugarry, French footballer (born 1972)
- Christophe Lemaitre, French athlete
- Christophe Jallet, French footballer (born 1983)
- Christophe Galtier, French football manager (born 1966)
- Christophe Soglo, Beninese politician (1909-1983)
- Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
- Christophe Laporte, French bicycle racer
- Christophe Beck, Canadian composer and conductor
- Christophe Honoré, French film director, screenwriter and writer (born 1970)
- Christopher Lekapenos, Byzantine emperor
- Christophe Gans, French film director

## 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.