Cristofer is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Cristofer means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Cristofer across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Cristofer has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Cristofer is a boy name of Greek origin meaning “variant of Christopher, bearing Christ”. A respelling of Christopher, from the Greek Christophoros.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,323 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Cristofer per year, United States (1970 to 2025). United States peaked in 2008 (263/yr).
Cristofer is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2008, when it ranked #1,830 nationally (given to 263 babies that year).
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