# Krzysztof (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/krzysztof/  
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 | 473 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 473 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 483, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,527 |
| 2006 | 14 | 5,967 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,898 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,708 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7,058 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,502 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,480 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,629 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,552 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,260 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,279 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,406 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,153 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,241 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,089 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 999 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 38 | 805 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 33 | 914 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 32 | 919 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Krzysztof

- Krzysztof Kosiński
- Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland since December 2023
- Krzysztof Maksel, cyclist
- Krzysztof Franciszek Sapieha, (1623-1665)
- Krzysztof Głowacki, boxer

## 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.