Chris: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KRIS · 1 syllable

Shortening of Christiaan.

How popular is Chris?

Chris was the #646 name in the US in 2025, given to 431 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 33% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Chris in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Chris are older than 61; most are between 26 and 75. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Chris have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Chris is pronounced KRIS.

Chris was the #646 name in the US in 2025, given to 431 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 33% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Chris are older than 61. Most are between 26 and 75.