Chris has been given to about 170,417 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1961, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Chris ranks 646th among American boys in 2025, with 431 born that year. Its best year was 1961, when 8,774 babies were given the name, ranking 57th. The typical living American called Chris is about 61 years old today. It is relatively most common in Florida, where it accounts for 0.04% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.