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Re: Popularity for Christopher
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Based on other answers, I'd guess that the apparent outbreak of female Christophers is actually caused by forms that were misread or just completed incorrectly and never checked.The 1950s had a good many new or newish popular names: Barbara, Deborah, Linda ... and Christine too, for girls, so people clearly liked the Chris element. And might also have felt the need of a change from the old names to fresh, modern ones. No more Great Depression, no more war. Must have been good!
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No, not in the '70s and '80sI agree with Swiff and Orson Welles also had a daughter named Christopher (though this was back in the '30s)
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