How common are the names Christopher and Kate these days?

I'm in Glasgow and baby #1 is due on Monday..... I think these are our final name choices...but does anyone have an idea of just how common they are just now? thanks xx

How common are the names Christopher and Kate these days?
I don't think they are common at all. I know one boy called Christopher he is 15, all the other Christopher's and Kate's I know are in their 30's/40's.


As someone else said they are all called daft names now like Jayden, Chelsie, Jordan, Mackenzie and Paris.


It's nice you have chosen proper names, they won't be embarrassed by their names when they get older like some of the kids with ridiculous names now.
Reply:Okay, lots of people are saying that they are common but I would disagree. I have only over met one Christopher and never a Kate, but a Katie and a Katherine. They are lovely names, but not very common (I should say that my school is a very big school, with about 250 people in each year group).


Kate is beautiful, it means "Pure" in Greek which is a pretty meaning.


Christopher means "Bearer of Christ" also in Greek, which is a good meaning.


Congrats, and hope I helped! Both are great names, go for it!! =] xo





(the links below should also show a graph showing the popularity of the names)
Reply:my name is Kate I am 21 i wouldn't call her Katherine if you was going to call her Kate my aunty done this to my cousin and she hates it she doesn't see the point in having a name that she never uses! i don't think Kate is a popular name as a whole but it is in my family there are 2 kates and two Katherine's one of which goes by Kate and one who is Katherine Anne! but other than that i don't know another Kate.


Christopher is very popular i know at least 8 people with the name.


If you think it is too common how about Lily its means Pure as does Kate and Katherine Lily Anne or Lily kate would be lovely. Hope i helped
Reply:I named my daughter Katia, which is Kate / Katherine but the European version. The real spelling is Katja (German), but Katia, Katya are also used.


I love the name and it really suits her - she is the only Katia in the school as well.


My husband is a Christopher - and it is a lovely name - we call him Chris, I was thinking of calling a boy Christian if we had one, but no luck yet!!!


Look at the baby, then you will know. Don't forget you don't have to name them right away, take your time - I took 3 days with my second child - we called her Isabelle.
Reply:There are 1,578,950 people in the U.S. with the first name Christopher.


Statistically the 13th most popular first name.


99.71 percent of people with the first name Christopher are male. (weird, no?)





There are 44,113 people in the U.S. with the first name Kate.


Statistically the 838th most popular first name.


More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Kate are female. (again you'd think it would be 100% but ok)





this is off this really cool website, you can find out how many people in america have your exact name





http://howmanyofme.com


Congrats in advance :)
Reply:Ok ive lived in Glasgow for about 2 years. Ive came across no Christophers and 1 Kate. So im gettin not that popular. My brother is called Christopher but hes 23 now so.. lol. I knew a lot of kates when i lived in Liverpool but i suppose its because ive been there longer then ive been here!





But..





I think they are nice classic names and i would deffo go with them





Hope this helps





xx :-) xx
Reply:I work in a school in Scotland and their not too common at the moment, the most common ones at the moment are probably Connor, Kyle, Jordan, Megan, Rachel and Rebbecca. Although my daughter's name is Katy but she is one of two in a school of over 360 children.
Reply:I think they're quite common these days, I do like the name Kate (not catherine), but both are very very common, that's why we didn't go for it when we knew we're having a girl last september.





But if you and your partner love it, why not?
Reply:Christopher is the 46th most chosen boy baby name in Scotland in 2007.





Kate's not in the top 100 but Katie is number 4.
Reply:I like both names....just to warn you that every Christopher i have ever me has been a little bit of a menace!! LOL!





Neither are that common anymore.....thank god you are sticking to traditional names and there wont be any more apples or pears!!





Good luck!
Reply:Out of the top 100 in 2006, Christopher was the 85th most popular boy's name in the UK, and Kate was the 13th most popular girl's name.
Reply:Nice names, traditional, easy to spell, lots of alternative nicknames for when they get older, and not common (everyone else is called Jayden or Mackenzie as far as I can tell). Go with it.
Reply:I don't think they are all that common - and they are real classics - I love them and your small person will grow up knowing their name(s) were chosen with great care and love by their mummy and daddy. Good luck X
Reply:Christopher is quite common in the Falkirk area, more children are being called Kate but most of them are Caitlins which is very popular.
Reply:very common and very bad names
Reply:I think they used 2 b quite popular but have made way 2 Chloe, Lily and Connor and Dylan so I think it would be safe 2 use them!
Reply:EXTREMELY COMMON





boring in my opinion.
Reply:Very common
Reply:They were more common in the 80's





I think they are great names


Go for it x





Good luck for Monday (or any day now) xx
Reply:Christophers quite popular


but ive not hear of anyone being calling there child kate for a while
Reply:They are quite common names but very nice names
Reply:umm there pretty common, i know heaps of kates and chrises plus my brother is named chris! although i like the names! =]
Reply:They're quite common..I know 4 Christophers and 3 Kates.
Reply:they are very common names but i still like them both!! middle names??????