How popular is the baby name Christopher in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Christopher.
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New York City recently released its 2007 baby name rankings. Here are the most popular names for each gender, ladies first…
Girl Names
Isabella, 539 baby girls (tie)
Sophia, 539 (tie)
Emily, 525
Ashley, 480
Sarah, 425
Kayla, 414
Mia, 381
Olivia, 375
Samantha, 368
Rachel, 359
Madison, 345
Yup — a tie for first place. In 2006, Isabella ranked 3rd and Sophia ranked 6th. In 2007, they both reached the top spot together (replacing the former #1 name, Ashley).
Boy Names
Daniel, 865 baby boys
Jayden, 846
Michael, 801
Matthew, 778
Justin, 738
Joshua, 719
David, 705
Anthony, 664
Christopher, 652
Joseph, 617
Jayden may have ranked #2, but the entire Jayden name-group is realistically in the #1 spot. Why do I say that? Because the grand total comes to 1,342 if you include the 301 Jadens, 103 Jaidens, 22 Jadons, 18 Jaedens, 17 Jaydons, 12 Jaidyns, 12 Jaydans, and 11 Jaydins born in NYC in 2007. That beats the 865 Daniels by a large margin.
Regardless, Jayden — that particular spelling — does have enough momentum to top the list on its own in 2008. (Do you think it will?)
Have you ever met someone whose first name and last name were identical (or nearly so)? Do you like these sorts of names?
P.S. The name Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (which belonged to a guy who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior for a few weeks in 1850) is as close to a double double as I’ve ever seen!
The most popular baby names in the U.S. were updated yesterday!
Here are the new top 25 girl names and boys names. The positive and negative numbers indicate how a name has risen or fallen in rank since 2006.
Girl Names
Emily (0)
Isabella (+2)
Emma (-1)
Ava (+1)
Madison (-2)
Sophia (+3)
Olivia (0)
Abigail (-2)
Hannah (-1)
Elizabeth (+1)
Addison (+17)
Samantha (-2)
Ashley (-1)
Alyssa (+5)
Mia (-2)
Chloe (+2)
Natalie (0)
Sarah (-3)
Alexis (-5)
Grace (-4)
Ella (0)
Brianna (-2)
Hailey (+2)
Taylor (-1)
Anna (-3)
Boy Names
Jacob (0)
Michael (0)
Ethan (+1)
Joshua (-1)
Daniel (+1)
Christopher (+1)
Anthony (+2)
William (+2)
Matthew (-4)
Andrew (-2)
Alexander (+1)
David (+1)
Joseph (-2)
Noah (+1)
James (+1)
Ryan (-2)
Logan (+2)
Jayden (+31)
John (+1)
Nicholas (-3)
Tyler (-3)
Christian (-1)
Jonathan (-1)
Nathan (-1)
Samuel (0)
The biggest jump on the boys’ list was Jayden — 31 spots (!), from 49th to 18th. The number of baby boys named Jayden rose from 9,550 (0.44%) in 2006 to 15,025 (0.69%) in 2007.
The biggest jump on the girls’ list was Addison — 17 spots, from 28th to 11th. The number of baby girls named Addison increased from 7,599 (0.37%) in 2006 to 11,823 (0.57%) in 2007.
Here’s more from the SSA’s news release:
Although “American Idol’s” Sanjaya did not influence this year’s list, other young celebrities influenced the naming of American children. The 2007 success of popular race car driver Danica Patrick undoubtedly inspired her first name moving from number 352 to number 307. Similarly, the name of the first pick in the 2007 NFL draft, Oakland Raiders’ quarterback JaMarcus Russell, rose from number 914 to number 743 on the boys’ list.
Shiloh, the youngest daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, debuted on the list at number 804. Maddox, the name of their oldest child, has seen steady gains since first appearing on the list in 2003 at number 583 and now ranking at number 226. Suri, the name of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter, did not make the list. But Britney Spears’ second son is named Jayden, which ranked at number 18. Miley is new to the girls’ list this year, entering fairly high at number 278, attributable to the popularity of teen sensation Miley Cyrus.
For reasons likely to puzzle baby name experts around the world, American parents have become infatuated by names, particularly for their sons, that rhyme with the word “maiden.” These names for boys include: Jayden (No. 18); Aiden (No. 27); Aidan (No. 54); Jaden (No. 76); Caden (No. 92); Kaden (No. 98); Ayden (No.102); Braden (No.156); Cayden (No.175); Jaiden (No.191); Kaiden (No. 220); Aden (No. 264); Caiden (No. 286); Braeden (No. 325); Braydon (No. 361); Jaydon (No. 415); Jadon (No. 423); Braiden (No. 529); Zayden (No. 588); Jaeden (No. 593); Aydan (No. 598); Bradyn (No. 629); Kadin (No. 657); Jadyn (No. 696); Kaeden (No. 701); Jaydin (No. 757); Braedon (No. 805); Aidyn (No. 818); Haiden (No. 820); Jaidyn (No. 841); Kadyn (No. 878); Jaydan (No. 887); Raiden (No. 931); and Adin (No. 983). This startling trend was present, but less pronounced, with girls names: Jayden (No. 172); Jadyn (No. 319); Jaden (No. 335); Jaiden (No. 429); Kayden (No. 507); and Jaidyn (No. 561). Social Security spokesman Mark Lassiter indicated that the agency would resist any legislative efforts to standardize the spelling of these names.
Experts also may be surprised by the extent to which American parents are naming their daughters after spiritual and philosophical concepts. One of the most popular names for girls (rising this year to number 31) is Nevaeh, which is “Heaven” spelled backwards. The variant Neveah came in this year at number 891 and Heaven is number 263. Also represented were: Destiny (No. 41); Trinity (No. 72); Serenity (No. 126); Harmony (No. 315); Miracle (No. 461); Charity (No. 673); Journey (No. 692); Destini (No. 914); and Essence (No. 930). Cutting against this trend was Armani (No. 971).
American parents were far less likely to name their sons in this way, although the 2007 boys’ list does include Sincere (No. 622) and Messiah (No. 723).
Maybe you should go with a classic. The following names have been popular in the U.S. since at least 1880 (when data on baby names was first collected). None of the male names have ever been out of the top 400, and none of the female names have ever been out of the top 500.
So, if you’re stumped, simply close your eyes and point. Just remember to veer to the left if you’re having a boy, to the right if you’re having a girl…
Aaron Albert Alex Alexander Allen Andrew Andy Anthony Antonio Arthur Benjamin Calvin Charles Christopher Clayton Curtis Daniel David Dennis Donald Edgar Edward Edwin Felix Frank George
Grant Henry Isaac Jack Jacob James Jay Jerry Jesse Joe Joel John Jose Joseph Juan Julian Kenneth Louis Manuel Marcus Mark Martin Marvin Matthew Michael
Nathan Nathaniel Nicholas Oscar Patrick Paul Peter Philip Phillip Preston Raymond Richard Robert Ruben Samuel Stephen Theodore Thomas Timothy Tony Victor Vincent Walter Wesley William
Alice Amanda Amelia Amy Anna Anne Annie Caroline Catherine Cecilia Charlotte Christina Christine Claudia Cynthia Elizabeth Emily Emma Esther Eva Evelyn Grace Helen Jane Josephine Julia Katherine
Kathleen Kathryn Katie Laura Leah Lillian Linda Lydia Margaret Maria Mary Miriam Molly Nancy Naomi Nina Priscilla Rachel Rebecca Rose Rosa Ruby Ruth Sara Sarah Veronica
Honorable Mentions: Douglas, Eddie, Ivan, Lawrence, Mitchell and Russell were each out of the top 400 only once, and Nora was out of the top 500 only once.
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