Chris
Top 1000
About Chris
Chris is a long-running nickname used almost equally for boys and girls. While past its prime, Chris stands out as sounding completely appropriate for both sexes, perhaps because of its widespread use as a short form of both the popular Christopher and Christine. Chris manages to retain its crisp appeal even though its fashion moment is over.
Pronounced KRIS.
As of October 2026, Chris ranked #646 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #55 in 1966.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #521 | 538 | 280.1 |
| 2015 | #507 | 567 | 295.8 |
| 2016 | #560 | 514 | 270.8 |
| 2017 | #595 | 458 | 247.4 |
| 2018 | #612 | 440 | 242.3 |
| 2019 | #568 | 490 | 273.1 |
| 2020 | #676 | 382 | 221.3 |
| 2021 | #658 | 412 | 235.5 |
| 2022 | #669 | 407 | 233.1 |
| 2023 | #774 | 330 | 192.9 |
| 2024 | #650 | 423 | 245.5 |
| 2025 | #646 | 431 | 252.3 |
World rankings
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Chris on lists
Famous Chriss
- Chris Youngblood
American pro wrestler
- Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer
American actor, singer and author
- Christopher Robert "Chris" Evans
American actor
- Christopher Thomas "Chris" Hemsworth
Australian actor
- Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine
American actor
- Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin
English musician
- Christopher Joseph "Chris" Columbus
American filmmaker
- Christopher Ryan "Chris" Hardwick
American comedian and host of "Talking Dead"
- Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell
English reggae producer
- Christopher "Chris" O'Dowd
Irish actor and comedian
- Chris Cole
American pro skateboarder
- Chris Reed
Japanese ice dancer
- Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin
American singer,songwriter
- Chris Haslam
Canadian pro skateboarder
- Chris Omprakash Sharma
American rock climber
- Chris Cornell
late American musician
- Christopher Eugene "Chris" O'Donnell
American actor
- Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt
American actor
- Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn
American actor
- Christopher "Chris" Tucker
American actor
- Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III
American actor
- Christopher David "Chris" Noth
American actor
- Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley
American actor
- Christopher William "Chris" Cooper
American actor
- Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak
American musician
- Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown
American singer
- Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry
American musician
- Christopher Anton "Chris" Knight
American actor
- Christopher John "Chris" Weitz
American film director
- Christopher Roy "Chris" Sutton
English footballer
- Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle
English footballer
- Christopher Sean "Chris" Lowe
English musician
- Chris Dyson
American racing driver
- Christopher William Gerard "Chris" Hughton
Irish footballer
- Christopher Aubrey "Chris" Shiflett
American guitarist
- Christopher "Chris" Scott Thile
American mandolinist
- Christopher "Chris" Wallace
American TV host
- Christopher "Chris" Faller
American bassist
- Chris Hemsworth
Australian actor
- Chris Brown "Christopher Mason"
American model
- Christopher "Chris" Stark
British radio personality
- Christopher James "Chris" Kendall
British vlogger
- Chris Sullivan
American actor and musician
- Christopher "Chris" Lloyd Smalling
English professional footballer
- Christopher "Chris" Henchy
American screenwriter and producer
Chris in pop culture
- P'tit(e) Chris
a character on TV's "Le coeur a ses raisons"
- Chris Caldwell
character on TV's "The OC"
- Chris Griffin
character on TV's "Family Guy"
- Chris Stevens
character on TV's "Northern Exposure"
- Christopher "Chris" Dollanganger
character from the Dollanganger series by V.C. Andrews
- Dr. Christopher Alexander "Chris" Warner
character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
- Christopher "Chris" Traeger
character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
- Christos "Chris" Pappas
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Christopher "Chris" Rodonanté Cwej
character in the "Virgin New Adventures" series
- Christopher Francis "Chris" Tate
character on British soap "Emmerdale"
- Chris Redfield
character in Resident Evil video game series
- Christopher "Chris" Miles
character on British TV's "Skins"
- Christopher Perry "Chris" Halliwell
character on TV's "Charmed"
- Chris Gray
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Chris Thorndyke
character on "Sonic X"
- Christopher "Chris" Michael Taub
character on TV's "House M.D."
- Chris Walker
character in the game "Outlast"
- Chris Robinson
character on "Sesame Street"
- Chris "Remy" Rembrandt a.k.a. Springheel
character in the "Commitment" campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"