How Many People Are Named Christos?

2,534

people named Christos are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 134,879 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,890 babies named Christos in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,776

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,152

See the top 100

Peak Year

1979

67 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Theology
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Means "anointed", derived from Greek χριω (chrio) "to anoint". This was a name applied to Jesus by early Greek-speaking Christians. It is a translation of the Hebrew word מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyach), commonly spelled in English messiah, which also means "anointed".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Christos in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Christos alive today is about 33 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 17 and 47 in 2025.

Under 30 1,156
45.6%
30 to 59 1,192
47.1%
60 and over 185
7.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Christos first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1979, to 67 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Christos has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,090, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #3,458.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,458
Best rank#1,090 (1979)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,245 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Christos alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Christos were born in New York than in any other state: about 615 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Christos was given 9.6 times as often in Massachusetts, 7.3 times in New York and 2.2 times in Illinois.

New York 615
Massachusetts 187
Illinois 127
California 79
New Jersey 72
Florida 21
Pennsylvania 15
Michigan 6
Connecticut 5

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