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The name Chris is a diminutive form of Christopher. The table below indicates the number of times the name Chris has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Chris**
Use of the Name Chris for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
134,897	114,094	14,904	6,134	3,352	1,340	663

The table below indicates the number of times the name Chris has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Chris**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	236	49
1881	211	52
1882	273	39
1883	229	47
1884	219	57
1885	233	50
1886	214	62
1887	239	46
1888	229	59
1889	253	42
1890	302	32
1891	291	32
1892	253	49
1893	276	40
1894	260	45
1895	276	41
1896	250	53
1897	312	35
1898	335	33
1899	291	36
1900	314	45
1901	361	26
1902	321	37
1903	318	35
1904	401	27
1905	432	25
1906	388	31
1907	440	28
1908	384	37
1909	339	47
1910	492	32
1911	445	43
1912	451	76
1913	482	81
1914	432	124
1915	451	148
1916	472	148
1917	476	145
1918	445	179
1919	528	127
1920	448	181
1921	510	146
1922	473	170
1923	485	158
1924	464	175
1925	447	181
1926	464	167
1927	491	152
1928	477	164
1929	455	170
1930	452	172
1931	454	154
1932	387	208
1933	469	141
1934	417	178
1935	407	182
1936	398	191
1937	392	198
1938	373	228
1939	355	247
1940	319	314
1941	326	322
1942	313	386	921	72
1943	291	444	780	99
1944	253	528	733	107
1945	242	552	646	129
1946	209	823	556	202
1947	184	1,117	456	321
1948	172	1,284	438	328
1949	168	1,378	535	241
1950	178	1,243	558	222
1951	174	1,458	490	279
1952	160	1,689	465	329
1953	169	1,565	466	335
1954	159	1,797	456	372
1955	140	2,183	415	455
1956	128	2,521	352	611
1957	120	3,257	273	1,021
1958	93	4,449	226	1,341
1959	72	5,668	224	1,409
1960	63	6,494	219	1,509
1961	57	7,189	215	1,565
1962	59	6,782	217	1,521
1963	59	6,337	231	1,427
1964	65	5,634	233	1,376
1965	60	5,488	262	1,088
1966	55	5,255	293	860
1967	60	4,618	324	729
1968	64	4,245	340	668
1969	66	4,274	418	527
1970	63	4,458	459	458
1971	68	4,281	556	322
1972	81	3,470	585	274
1973	96	2,701	627	242
1974	116	2,275	712	204
1975	131	1,951	728	201
1976	155	1,590	768	187
1977	160	1,487	879	163
1978	174	1,326
1979	191	1,257
1980	234	983
1981	259	825
1982	288	708
1983	304	645
1984	316	616
1985	325	609
1986	357	529
1987	378	506
1988	405	488
1989	403	533
1990	449	485
1991	440	507
1992	470	459
1993	479	440
1994	485	437
1995	463	484
1996	414	547
1997	427	530
1998	406	599
1999	396	622
2000	396	644
2001	379	690
2002	382	678
2003	387	677
2004	396	663
Totals:		134,897		21,194

During the last 125 years, parents have used Chris as a boy's name about 86% of the time and less frequently (about 13% of the time) as a girl's name.

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