# Kristofer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kristofer/  
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 | 9,791 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,791 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 126, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 1,607 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,902 |
| 2013 | 49 | 2,506 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,246 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2,468 |
| 2016 | 52 | 2,456 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,472 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,274 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,835 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,958 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,100 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,735 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,951 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,493 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,622 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 1,552 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Kristofer

- Kristofer Schipper, Dutch sinologist (1934-2021)
- Kristofer M. Helgen, American zoologist
- Kris Dunn, American basketball player (born 1994)

## 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.