Chris Forename
284th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,125,813 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Chris Forename Definition:
The usual diminutive of Christopher and Christina (or -e); an unusual one of Christabel.
Chris Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 92% | 1,177,985 | 1:308 | 38 |
| England | 94% | 175,785 | 1:316 | 66 |
| Canada | 100% | 143,919 | 1:230 | 15 |
| Australia | - | 128,324 | 1:106 | 10 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 36,904 | 1:458 | 83 |
| Sudan | 100% | 33,911 | 1:1,115 | 213 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 33,855 | 1:5,245 | 847 |
| New Zealand | - | 33,808 | 1:134 | 8 |
| Ghana | 100% | 31,689 | 1:852 | 190 |
| Mozambique | - | 24,479 | 1:1,113 | 240 |
| South Africa | 97% | 20,492 | 1:2,661 | 460 |
| Kenya | 100% | 17,504 | 1:2,646 | 476 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16,089 | 1:714 | 168 |
| Philippines | 85% | 14,960 | 1:7,086 | 1,074 |
| Poland | 100% | 12,911 | 1:2,945 | 244 |
| Rwanda | - | 12,569 | 1:905 | 210 |
| Germany | 100% | 10,619 | 1:9,104 | 671 |
| Congo | 96% | 10,366 | 1:483 | 72 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 9,351 | 1:872 | 98 |
| Scotland | 88% | 8,140 | 1:657 | 142 |
| Burundi | - | 7,965 | 1:1,244 | 403 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 7,651 | 1:927 | 207 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 6,786 | 1:10,879 | 1,068 |
| Ireland | 99% | 6,664 | 1:697 | 141 |
| Uganda | 96% | 6,656 | 1:6,153 | 713 |
| East Timor | - | 6,618 | 1:184 | 71 |
| Wales | 95% | 6,163 | 1:502 | 113 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 6,009 | 1:3,461 | 599 |
| Malawi | 100% | 5,796 | 1:2,952 | 525 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 5,491 | 1:46,979 | 6,029 |
| Angola | - | 5,263 | 1:5,124 | 798 |
| Zambia | - | 5,248 | 1:3,021 | 500 |
| China | - | 5,217 | 1:261,847 | 19,358 |
| Liberia | 83% | 5,049 | 1:874 | 170 |
| France | 96% | 5,000 | 1:13,294 | 755 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,628 | 1:6,513 | 1,242 |
| Denmark | - | 3,475 | 1:1,626 | 289 |
| Togo | - | 3,214 | 1:2,252 | 373 |
| Greece | 100% | 3,183 | 1:3,435 | 297 |
| Malta | - | 3,062 | 1:140 | 15 |
| Egypt | 59% | 2,863 | 1:32,100 | 2,110 |
| Gabon | - | 2,526 | 1:746 | 150 |
| Northern Ireland | 97% | 2,417 | 1:763 | 172 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2,348 | 1:3,302 | 249 |
| Libya | - | 2,203 | 1:2,824 | 494 |
| Gambia | - | 2,153 | 1:895 | 183 |
| Ethiopia | - | 2,081 | 1:46,881 | 4,595 |
| Singapore | 71% | 2,004 | 1:3,137 | 500 |
| Japan | - | 1,969 | 1:65,001 | 3,399 |
| Malaysia | 66% | 1,947 | 1:15,639 | 1,630 |
| Switzerland | 88% | 1,866 | 1:4,402 | 646 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,791 | 1:119,618 | 6,272 |
| India | 75% | 1,707 | 1:711,704 | 51,611 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,663 | 1:42,132 | 4,782 |
| Oman | - | 1,562 | 1:2,630 | 376 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,496 | 1:388 | 73 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,461 | 1:3,513 | 504 |
| Sweden | 59% | 1,362 | 1:7,238 | 709 |
| Lebanon | 90% | 1,160 | 1:4,851 | 710 |
| Portugal | - | 1,144 | 1:9,100 | 572 |
| South Korea | - | 1,116 | 1:4,968 | 847 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,114 | 1:1,222 | 227 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,074 | 1:14,361 | 1,737 |
| Bahrain | - | 917 | 1:1,471 | 235 |
| Morocco | - | 901 | 1:38,123 | 1,790 |
| Russia | 72% | 845 | 1:170,691 | 2,699 |
| Fiji | - | 806 | 1:1,107 | 256 |
| Peru | 83% | 803 | 1:39,591 | 2,266 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 797 | 1:79 | 10 |
| Mexico | 70% | 721 | 1:172,184 | 3,329 |
| Swaziland | - | 641 | 1:2,028 | 451 |
| Qatar | 91% | 639 | 1:3,708 | 564 |
| Botswana | 100% | 633 | 1:3,451 | 607 |
| Spain | 100% | 548 | 1:84,909 | 2,660 |
| Taiwan | 67% | 482 | 1:49,315 | 7,433 |
| Italy | 87% | 470 | 1:129,919 | 2,188 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 457 | 1:22,826 | 2,053 |
| Vanuatu | - | 451 | 1:580 | 133 |
| Namibia | - | 417 | 1:5,765 | 816 |
| Guam | - | 398 | 1:404 | 57 |
| Cameroon | 77% | 377 | 1:57,322 | 3,588 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 375 | 1:140,769 | 6,828 |
| Jersey | 100% | 344 | 1:291 | 55 |
| Iraq | 100% | 338 | 1:103,603 | 2,494 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 320 | 1:101,948 | 3,537 |
| Chile | 76% | 318 | 1:55,369 | 1,896 |
| Austria | 100% | 316 | 1:26,944 | 1,089 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 255 | 1:3,416 | 460 |
| Bermuda | - | 250 | 1:259 | 28 |
| Venezuela | 98% | 249 | 1:121,293 | 5,193 |
| Bahamas | - | 237 | 1:1,685 | 392 |
| Guyana | 100% | 232 | 1:3,290 | 637 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Romania | 100% | 217 | 1:92,405 | 4,178 |
| Estonia | 50% | 205 | 1:6,416 | 876 |
| Gibraltar | - | 199 | 1:172 | 17 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 194 | 1:158,693 | 3,996 |
| Barbados | - | 183 | 1:1,584 | 368 |
| Guatemala | 50% | 175 | 1:92,048 | 2,128 |
| Algeria | - | 164 | 1:232,785 | 3,400 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 160 | 1:44,700 | 4,079 |
| Saint Lucia | 96% | 153 | 1:1,162 | 186 |
| Brunei | - | 152 | 1:2,760 | 285 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 147 | 1:3,837 | 466 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 138 | 1:671,182 | 2,255 |
| Panama | 100% | 123 | 1:31,761 | 2,578 |
| Finland | 89% | 114 | 1:48,098 | 1,679 |
| Cambodia | 59% | 111 | 1:146,607 | 5,445 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Haiti | 100% | 101 | 1:106,207 | 5,907 |
| American Samoa | - | 95 | 1:588 | 40 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Costa Rica | 85% | 93 | 1:51,268 | 2,246 |
| Mongolia | - | 92 | 1:31,900 | 3,210 |
| Colombia | 66% | 84 | 1:568,797 | 8,308 |
| New Caledonia | - | 82 | 1:3,295 | 532 |
| Grenada | 100% | 78 | 1:1,386 | 288 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 75 | 1:307,679 | 13,405 |
| Jamaica | - | 73 | 1:39,496 | 2,456 |
| Ecuador | - | 71 | 1:249,675 | 3,833 |
| Belarus | 51% | 67 | 1:141,528 | 1,351 |
| Macau | - | 65 | 1:9,357 | 272 |
| Jordan | 69% | 59 | 1:149,606 | 2,381 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 56 | 1:1,960 | 400 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| French Polynesia | - | 54 | 1:5,146 | 841 |
| Hungary | 81% | 52 | 1:188,303 | 1,018 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 52 | 1:1,635 | 144 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 49 | 1:23,218 | 211 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 49 | 1:362,181 | 6,205 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 49 | 1:1,116 | 229 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 49 | 1:50,179 | 2,060 |
| Czechia | 93% | 48 | 1:222,003 | 1,699 |
| Benin | 100% | 47 | 1:225,018 | 10,222 |
| Honduras | 100% | 42 | 1:209,940 | 4,791 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Latvia | - | 37 | 1:54,477 | 1,447 |
| Monaco | - | 37 | 1:1,040 | 217 |
| Belize | 100% | 36 | 1:9,842 | 1,499 |
| Moldova | - | 35 | 1:101,747 | 1,254 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 34 | 1:1,803 | 413 |
| Mauritius | - | 34 | 1:38,170 | 2,603 |
| Turkey | 100% | 33 | 1:2,357,628 | 15,463 |
| Burkina Faso | 91% | 32 | 1:574,358 | 18,793 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86% | 31 | 1:3,599 | 673 |
| Lithuania | - | 27 | 1:109,329 | 1,541 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 27 | 1:216 | 60 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Argentina | 75% | 26 | 1:1,645,125 | 6,777 |
| Ukraine | - | 26 | 1:1,749,996 | 4,649 |
| Albania | 94% | 25 | 1:121,863 | 7,827 |
| Pakistan | 93% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Iran | - | 24 | 1:3,270,703 | 15,729 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 23 | 1:154,361 | 2,292 |
| Myanmar | - | 19 | 1:2,734,120 | 1,065 |
| Nauru | 100% | 19 | 1:628 | 76 |
| Croatia | 100% | 18 | 1:234,282 | 3,778 |
| Laos | - | 17 | 1:387,462 | 308 |
| Nepal | - | 17 | 1:1,675,727 | 28,798 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Bulgaria | - | 14 | 1:499,314 | 7,798 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 14 | 1:3,659 | 559 |
| Armenia | 75% | 13 | 1:224,519 | 3,838 |
| Micronesia | - | 13 | 1:8,192 | 561 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 13 | 1:179 | 19 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 13 | 1:556,677 | 5,170 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,513 | 249 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 12 | 1:4,572 | 824 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Israel | 100% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Maldives | - | 9 | 1:48,211 | 1,554 |
| South Sudan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Tajikistan | - | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Georgia | 100% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Palestine | 100% | 8 | 1:568,757 | 3,306 |
| Slovakia | - | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Guinea | - | 7 | 1:1,694,092 | 4,404 |
| Senegal | 50% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Serbia | - | 6 | 1:1,190,954 | 6,486 |
| Andorra | - | 5 | 1:16,577 | 726 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Mauritania | - | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Bhutan | - | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Niger | - | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Chris (26,270) may also be a surname.
Chris Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The usual diminutive of Christopher and Christina (or -e); an unusual one of Christabel.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Chris Forename Popularity
Chris Demographics
Chris Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 186,446 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Chris Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chris in the Russian language | ||
| Чрис | cris | - |
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chris