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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

ChrisIn Hebrew: כריס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Chris (Hebrew: כריס) is a boy's name of international origin. 98 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2010, with 5 babies.

People in Israel
98
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2010
5 babies
USA, 2025
431
rank #646

Writing and saying Chris

In Hebrew letters the name is כריס, read right to left. Chris is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Chris by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Chris: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Chris in English-speaking countries

Chris in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025431#6461961 (7,203)
United Kingdom202534#9862009 (58)
England and Wales202534#9142013 (49)
Ireland20258#4182008 (18)
Alberta20258#5501980 (15)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Chris has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Chris

How do you write Chris in Hebrew?

Chris is written כריס in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Chris?

98 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name כריס: 12 women and 86 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Chris a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 87.8% of the people named כריס are men.

Is Chris used outside Israel?

The name Chris appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 431 boys were given it in 2025 (#646), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 34 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.