Christos is a distinctive choice, ranked #1359 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Christos in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1359
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About the Name Christos
Christos has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 521 places in five years. It was most popular in 1998 at #850 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Christos is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Christos in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Christos
Christos Tzolis — Christos Tzolis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Greece national team.
Christos Mouzakitis — Christos Mouzakitis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League club Olympiacos and the Greece national team.
Christos Zafeiris — Christos Zafeiris is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League club PAOK and the Greece national team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Christos
Unlikely. With around 20 UK babies named Christos per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Christos in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Christos has been fairly steady, ranked #1,359 in 2025 against #1,431 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #850 in 1998.
Christos is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Christos include: Christos Tzolis, Christos Mouzakitis and Christos Zafeiris. Short summaries for each appear below.
Christos does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Christoss in the wild.
20
UK babies named Christos (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 72 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Christos
Almost certainly the only Christos in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Christos
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Christos Mandas is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Bournemouth, on loan from Serie A club Lazio, and the Greece national team.
Christos Charilaos Papadimitriou is a Greek-American theoretical computer scientist and the Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.