Christina

#770 for girls in 2025, 352 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 16,600 births
Debut · girls
65 births
In top 100 · girls
39 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
479,718
since 1880

Christina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #12, 1985girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#770352—
2024#704399—
2023#702405—
2022#733397—
2021#627475—
2020#606481—
2019#522596—
2018#434728—
2017#398786—
2016#389850—
2015#333983—
2014#3211,030—
2013#2991,071—
2012#2831,125#10,7706
2011#2691,184—
2010#2471,289—
2009#2211,472—
2008#2001,678—
2007#1742,025#9,7887
2006#1582,230#9,5857
2005#1342,452#7,6409
2004#1232,736#6,97610
2003#1093,117#7,8318
2002#973,391#4,70316
2001#803,742#6,44510
2000#734,332#6,31610
1999#754,296#5,03513
1998#694,533#3,70819
1997#625,182#4,66813
1996#575,804#2,74727
1995#456,953#3,30320
1994#397,668#1,92743
1993#358,289#1,53959
1992#339,444#1,69750
1991#3110,564#1,55755
1990#2511,927#1,46459
1989#2313,141#886129
1988#2212,954#1,00394
1987#2013,816#1,03085
1986#1914,384#95891
1985#1216,600#98486
1984#2014,705#94487
1983#1615,357#1,07568
1982#1914,518#1,11567
1981#1714,392#1,11167
1980#1516,141#1,07970
1979#1416,454#1,15461
1978#1516,367#93885
1977#1614,501#1,21053
1976#1414,033#1,17953
1975#1212,980#1,22848
1974#1610,849#1,15151
1973#1610,888#1,18648
1972#2610,172#1,41836
1971#309,915#1,49433
1970#359,588#1,33739
1969#379,323#1,28038
1968#448,016#1,39331
1967#536,600#1,65222
1966#675,341#1,75719
1965#744,979#2,7809
1964#884,701#2,8549
1963#1074,028#2,41412
1962#1243,624#2,50411
1961#1323,467#3,6526
1960#1542,711#4,0385
1959#1652,348#3,9885
1958#1652,309#3,5596
1957#1702,251#3,0248
1956#1732,112—
1955#1841,811#3,8865
1954#2141,387—
1953#1771,772—
1952#1552,169—
1951#1581,960—
1950#1651,725—
1949#1601,832—
1948#1841,493#3,6685
1947#2071,284—
1946#231964—
1945#238776—
1944#237760—
1943#288580—
1942#335433—
1941#339373—
1940#350344—
1939#418262—
1938#393291—
1937#410250—
1936#402253—
1935#383274—
1934#376284—
1933#393271—
1932#410251—
1931#376292—
1930#386317—
1929#365333#3,5596
1928#351371—
1927#372342—
1926#357349—
1925#350375—
1924#345385—
1923#351357—
1922#334372—
1921#337383—
1920#333384—
1919#321386—
1918#353346—
1917#325361—
1916#326346—
1915#325339—
1914#306291—
1913#325216—
1912#321202—
1911#325148—
1910#347130—
1909#331120—
1908#326118—
1907#307128—
1906#305120—
1905#308118—
1904#288123—
1903#32690—
1902#301111—
1901#282110—
1900#283132—
1899#270112—
1898#263131—
1897#259120—
1896#264118—
1895#248126—
1894#245121—
1893#219139—
1892#230127—
1891#214124—
1890#200139—
1889#190142—
1888#215114—
1887#21692—
1886#19898—
1885#178107—
1884#20883—
1883#21069—
1882#20864—
1881#16382—
1880#18665—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Christina was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 65 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 84 girls a year got the name.

Where Christina is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Christina
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 66 spots since 2024 (#704 → #770)
  • 164 spots since 2020 (#606 → #770)
  • 437 spots since 2015 (#333 → #770)
  • Biggest jump: 68 spots in 1940 (#418 → #350)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 2022 (#627 → #733)
Rise & fade · girls
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1985 at #12 (16,600 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1964–2002
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 94
  • Highest: 1 in 94 girls born in 1978 were named Christina (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,566 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #12 in 1985, was only 1 in 104 (0.96%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.4% of all girls named Christina (146,008) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s916#163 (1881)#197
1890s1,257#200 (1890)#241
1900s1,170#282 (1901)#306
1910s2,765#306 (1914)#327
1920s3,651#333 (1920)#350
1930s2,745#376 (1931)#395
1940s8,839#160 (1949)#257
1950s19,844#155 (1952)#173
1960s52,790#37 (1969)#88
1970s125,747#12 (1975)#19
1980s146,008#12 (1985)#18
1990s74,660#25 (1990)#47
2000s27,175#73 (2000)#137
2010s9,642#247 (2010)#350
2020s2,509#606 (2020)#690

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.

Christina in 1890

girls
#200
139 births · 1 in 1,370 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #200Christina139
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 1,370 of them was named Christina, which outranked 87.0% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #197Hulda147
  2. #198Nelle143
  3. #199Abbie140
  4. #200Christina139
  5. #201Mathilda138
  6. #201Rhoda138
  7. #203Lelia137
Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890 →