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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #125 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 386 girlsAKMaine: #125 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 491 girlsMEVermont: #135 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 546 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #112 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 452 girlsNHWashington: #93 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 356 girlsWAIdaho: #111 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 426 girlsIDMontana: #117 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 409 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Christina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #200 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsMNIllinois: #105 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 445 girlsILWisconsin: #173 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 949 girlsWIMichigan: #105 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 460 girlsMINew York: #91 for girls · 430 births · 1 in 380 girlsNYMassachusetts: #94 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 389 girlsMARhode Island: #97 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 408 girlsRIOregon: #100 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 369 girlsORNevada: #66 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 203 girlsNVWyoming: #142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 501 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #151 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 652 girlsSDIowa: #109 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 445 girlsIAIndiana: #80 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 349 girlsINOhio: #75 for girls · 310 births · 1 in 309 girlsOHPennsylvania: #107 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 439 girlsPANew Jersey: #100 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 426 girlsNJConnecticut: #106 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 450 girlsCTCalifornia: #60 for girls · 639 births · 1 in 272 girlsCAUtah: #147 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 584 girlsUTColorado: #109 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 419 girlsCONebraska: #161 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 728 girlsNEMissouri: #73 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 298 girlsMOKentucky: #171 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 862 girlsKYWest Virginia: #118 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 488 girlsWVVirginia: #151 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 723 girlsVAMaryland: #85 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 339 girlsMDDelaware: #134 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 550 girlsDEArizona: #46 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 206 girlsAZNew Mexico: #83 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 282 girlsNMKansas: #93 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 358 girlsKSArkansas: #267 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsARTennessee: #231 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,336 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #215 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,220 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #208 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,123 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #74 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 279 girlsDCOklahoma: #135 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 544 girlsOKLouisiana: #193 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 904 girlsLAMississippi: #344 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,149 girlsMSAlabama: #235 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,283 girlsALGeorgia: #255 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,558 girlsGAHawaii: #94 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 358 girlsHITexas: #124 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 533 girlsTXFlorida: #121 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 516 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#46 · 1 in 206
  2. California#60 · 1 in 272
  3. Nevada#66 · 1 in 203
  4. Missouri#73 · 1 in 298
  5. District of Columbia#74 · 1 in 279

Best ever in a state: #4 in Maryland, 1978.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#46731 in 206
California#606391 in 272
Nevada#66151 in 203
Missouri#731381 in 298
District of Columbia#74461 in 279
Ohio#753101 in 309
Indiana#801351 in 349
New Mexico#83391 in 282
Maryland#85881 in 339
New York#914301 in 380
Kansas#93521 in 358
Washington#93721 in 356
Hawaii#94171 in 358
Massachusetts#941331 in 389
Rhode Island#97191 in 408
New Jersey#1001351 in 426
Oregon#100391 in 369
Illinois#1052231 in 445
Michigan#1051741 in 460
Connecticut#106541 in 450
Pennsylvania#1072321 in 439
Colorado#109451 in 419
Iowa#109571 in 445
Idaho#111131 in 426
New Hampshire#112121 in 452
Montana#117141 in 409
West Virginia#118311 in 488
Florida#121941 in 516
Texas#1242011 in 533
Alaska#12571 in 386
Maine#125191 in 491
Delaware#13481 in 550
Oklahoma#135371 in 544
Vermont#13561 in 546
Wyoming#14251 in 501
Utah#147171 in 584
South Dakota#151101 in 652
Virginia#151551 in 723
Nebraska#161191 in 728
Kentucky#171351 in 862
Wisconsin#173431 in 949
Louisiana#193401 in 904
Minnesota#200331 in 1,076
South Carolina#208221 in 1,123
North Carolina#215381 in 1,220
Tennessee#231261 in 1,336
Alabama#235251 in 1,283
Georgia#255281 in 1,558
Arkansas#267111 in 1,590
Mississippi#344111 in 2,149
North Dakota———

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 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 1963

girls
#107
4,028 births · 1 in 479 girls
boys
#2,414
12 births · 1 in 169,257 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #107Christina4,028

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #2,414Christina12
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 479 of them was named Christina, which outranked 98.6% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #104Betty4,156
  2. #105Gail4,104
  3. #105Peggy4,104
  4. #107Christina4,028
  5. #108Maureen4,011
  6. #109Marie4,006
  7. #110Monica3,994
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 169,257 of them was named Christina, which outranked 47.8% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #2,300Webb13
  2. #2,300Wess13
  3. #2,300Zeke13
  4. #2,414Christina12
  5. #2,414Adolf12
  6. #2,414Agostino12
  7. #2,414Ahmed12
  8. #2,539Abdul11
  9. #2,539Alexandre11
  10. #2,539Andree11

Tied with 124 names at #2,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →