Christoph comes from the German tradition, meaning Christoph means "bearer of Christ.".
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How popular is Christoph?
1969peak year
The name Christoph reached its peak in 1969, with 32 registrations (ranked #1417). It had only entered records 17 years earlier, in 1952. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #6976) today, averaging about 13 new babies per year. Christoph has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 1,178 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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