Kristopher
- Pronunciation
- [Kris-to-pher]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of Christopher. Christ Bearer.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Kristopher
Kristopher is a variant spelling of Christopher, from the Greek Christophoros — a compound of Christos ("the anointed one") and pherein ("to bear" or "to carry") — meaning "bearer of Christ." The name entered hagiographic tradition through the legend of Saint Christopher, who according to medieval accounts carried a child across a raging river, only to discover mid-crossing that the child was the Christ — making the name's meaning vivid and literal in narrative form. Saint Christopher became one of the most widely invoked patron saints of travelers, and the name spread accordingly across Europe, producing national variants in virtually every language. The K spelling reflects the original Greek kappa, which is faithfully preserved in Scandinavian and German orthographic traditions; it has found consistent favor in American naming culture where alternative consonant spellings became popular during the latter twentieth century as a way of signaling a slightly unconventional sensibility within an otherwise classic name.
Kristopher appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000, debuting at its peak rank of #295, and maintained solid top-1000 presence for over two decades: #770 in 2019, #829 in 2020, and #931 in 2021, the last year it appeared in the top-1000. Over its tracked run, approximately 12,663 babies received this spelling in top-1000 years. The recorded variant is Kit.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kristopher
US Popularity History (2000–2021)
Annual US births named Kristopher by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 1,021 boys named Kristopher (boy rank #295 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2021, ranked #931 for boys (243 US births). That's 636 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kristopher Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kristopher the strongest states are Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #519 | 35 |
| 2 | Arkansas | #561 | 22 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #576 | 57 |
| 4 | Alabama | #601 | 56 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #630 | 52 |
| 6 | Indiana | #668 | 63 |
| 7 | Georgia | #696 | 112 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #698 | 22 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #704 | 51 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #728 | 75 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #989 | 52 |
| 2 | Illinois | #866 | 62 |
| 3 | California | #852 | 237 |
| 4 | Virginia | #830 | 49 |
| 5 | Michigan | #827 | 52 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #823 | 39 |
| 7 | Missouri | #812 | 44 |
| 8 | Texas | #795 | 304 |
| 9 | Arizona | #786 | 65 |
| 10 | Florida | #778 | 134 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kristopher in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kit | Nickname For Christopher. Frontiersman Kit Carson. | Male | English |
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Compare Kristopher to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kristopher against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).