Chi vs Chistopher
American parents have registered 1,446 Chistophers since 1880, against 1,326 Chis. But in 2025 it was Chi that was commoner, 26 babies to 7.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Chi Chistopher
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 67 years in which either name was published, Chistopher for 37 years and Chi for 30 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1958–1988 Chistopher ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1989–2003 Chi ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2006–2008 Chistopher ahead
- 2011–2025 Chi ahead
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Chi | Chistopher | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,326 | 1,446 |
| Most in one year | 48 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | 26 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Median age today | 34 | 42 |
| Peak year | 2023 | 1985 |
| Best rank | 4,363rd girls | 1,242nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 6,546th | 9,714th |
| First recorded | 1970 | 1958 |
| Girls / boys | 763 / 563 | 0 / 1,446 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Chistophers alive today are over 42; half the Chis are over 34. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Chi California (7.9×), New York (1.8×)
- Chistopher California (5.5×), Texas (3.3×), New York (0.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Chi and Chistopher.