Christopher

Boy name

Christopher ranks #2,938 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 4 places, 20 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #1,515 for cats.

Christopher's popularity trend

Christopher's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.002%
2024	0.001%
2023	0.003%
2022	0.003%
2021	0.004%
2020	0.003%
2019	0.003%
2018	0.003%
2017	0.002%
2016	0.002%
2015	0.002%
2014	0.002%
2013	0.001%
2012	0.002%
2011	0.003%
2010	0.002%
2009	0.002%
2008	0.005%
2007	0.006%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 4 places

Popularity rank

#2,938

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−2,741

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% boys

0% girls100% boys

Where Christopher shows up

Christopher's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Christopher

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