Christene
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,916since 1888
Christene over time
Rank among girls' names. Christene has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,667 | 55 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 |
| 1972 | #1,432 | 68 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 63 |
| 1969 | #1,270 | 78 |
| 1968 | #1,435 | 62 |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 |
| 1962 | #1,497 | 56 |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 |
| 1960 | #1,417 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,356 | 55 |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 |
| 1953 | #1,121 | 75 |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 |
| 1951 | #1,190 | 61 |
| 1950 | #1,161 | 63 |
| 1949 | #930 | 91 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 |
| 1947 | #1,120 | 64 |
| 1946 | #1,015 | 69 |
| 1945 | #1,080 | 53 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 |
| 1943 | #1,070 | 56 |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 |
| 1941 | #876 | 69 |
| 1940 | #879 | 66 |
| 1939 | #766 | 79 |
| 1938 | #771 | 82 |
| 1937 | #788 | 75 |
| 1936 | #785 | 74 |
| 1935 | #737 | 84 |
| 1934 | #632 | 112 |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 |
| 1932 | #694 | 95 |
| 1931 | #656 | 102 |
| 1930 | #695 | 98 |
| 1929 | #746 | 88 |
| 1928 | #721 | 96 |
| 1927 | #747 | 92 |
| 1926 | #814 | 80 |
| 1925 | #681 | 118 |
| 1924 | #747 | 98 |
| 1923 | #769 | 90 |
| 1922 | #845 | 75 |
| 1921 | #848 | 76 |
| 1920 | #914 | 63 |
| 1919 | #743 | 89 |
| 1918 | #921 | 60 |
| 1917 | #933 | 55 |
| 1916 | #979 | 49 |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Christene! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Christene is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#924 · 1 in 12,378
- New York#1,365 · 1 in 18,473
- Texas#1,424 · 1 in 19,274
- California#1,447 · 1 in 19,582
Best ever in a state: #201 in Arkansas, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #924 | 5 | 1 in 12,378 |
| New York | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 18,473 |
| Texas | #1,424 | 5 | 1 in 19,274 |
| California | #1,447 | 7 | 1 in 19,582 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Christene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1919 (#921 → #743)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1950 (#930 → #1,161)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1934 at #632 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1916–1942
- Highest: 1 in 9,323 girls born in 1934 were named Christene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,423 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- 17.8% of all girls named Christene (876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,208 |
| 1890s | 13 | #1,263 (1898) | #1,301 |
| 1900s | 71 | #1,142 (1907) | #1,457 |
| 1910s | 373 | #743 (1919) | #1,157 |
| 1920s | 876 | #681 (1925) | #783 |
| 1930s | 871 | #632 (1934) | #731 |
| 1940s | 683 | #876 (1941) | #984 |
| 1950s | 582 | #1,121 (1953) | #1,330 |
| 1960s | 580 | #1,263 (1965) | #1,488 |
| 1970s | 460 | #1,432 (1972) | #2,091 |
| 1980s | 266 | #2,625 (1984) | #3,366 |
| 1990s | 102 | #4,230 (1990) | #8,666 |
| 2000s | 28 | #13,154 (2000) | #14,909 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Christene in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 22,371 of them was named Christene, which outranked 85.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,414Merry69
- #1,414Millicent69
- #1,414Sharyn69
- #1,432Christene68
- #1,432Candie68
- #1,432Chante68
- #1,432Dannette68
- #1,448Giovanna67
- #1,448Jammie67
- #1,448Kimber67
Tied with 15 names at #1,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.