Christine
#1,272 for girls in 2025, 176 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #9,788
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 16,752 births
- Debut · girls
- 89 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 52 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 586,465since 1880
Christine over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,272 | 176 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,196 | 198 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,168 | 206 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,120 | 219 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,138 | 216 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,015 | 248 | — | |
| 2019 | #922 | 287 | — | |
| 2018 | #920 | 291 | — | |
| 2017 | #785 | 350 | — | |
| 2016 | #727 | 390 | — | |
| 2015 | #790 | 357 | — | |
| 2014 | #690 | 410 | — | |
| 2013 | #704 | 398 | — | |
| 2012 | #656 | 434 | — | |
| 2011 | #724 | 381 | — | |
| 2010 | #669 | 433 | — | |
| 2009 | #615 | 491 | — | |
| 2008 | #542 | 569 | — | |
| 2007 | #512 | 618 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #436 | 731 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #396 | 793 | — | |
| 2004 | #370 | 844 | — | |
| 2003 | #335 | 942 | — | |
| 2002 | #304 | 1,027 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #255 | 1,247 | — | |
| 2000 | #217 | 1,442 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #204 | 1,500 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #175 | 1,715 | — | |
| 1997 | #159 | 1,942 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #135 | 2,371 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #114 | 2,815 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #104 | 3,163 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #90 | 3,477 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #82 | 4,150 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #73 | 4,806 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #62 | 5,679 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #59 | 6,134 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | #51 | 6,612 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #48 | 6,620 | #1,655 | 41 |
| 1986 | #47 | 6,917 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #44 | 7,441 | #1,485 | 45 |
| 1984 | #43 | 7,299 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #47 | 6,499 | #1,687 | 34 |
| 1982 | #46 | 6,555 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #42 | 6,854 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #41 | 7,085 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1979 | #35 | 7,689 | #1,510 | 39 |
| 1978 | #29 | 8,272 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #30 | 7,886 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #26 | 8,111 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #22 | 9,103 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | #19 | 9,901 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #17 | 10,549 | #1,294 | 41 |
| 1972 | #16 | 11,986 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #18 | 13,678 | #1,081 | 57 |
| 1970 | #14 | 16,061 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #14 | 16,752 | #1,064 | 53 |
| 1968 | #14 | 16,525 | #1,217 | 39 |
| 1967 | #14 | 15,991 | #1,071 | 47 |
| 1966 | #20 | 15,546 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #21 | 15,204 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1964 | #28 | 14,270 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #29 | 13,387 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1962 | #39 | 11,196 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #39 | 10,598 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #40 | 9,874 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #43 | 9,471 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #43 | 10,062 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #41 | 9,575 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #42 | 9,371 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #40 | 9,042 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #43 | 8,788 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #32 | 11,793 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #20 | 17,548 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #24 | 15,017 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #28 | 12,673 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #30 | 11,797 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #35 | 9,677 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #45 | 8,379 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #50 | 6,202 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #62 | 4,077 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #75 | 3,584 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #84 | 3,316 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #96 | 2,900 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #101 | 2,471 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #118 | 2,162 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #124 | 1,985 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #129 | 1,843 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #135 | 1,742 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #131 | 1,723 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #130 | 1,744 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #121 | 1,920 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #128 | 1,794 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #127 | 1,859 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #125 | 1,884 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #124 | 1,995 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #123 | 2,013 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #120 | 2,177 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #117 | 2,346 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #120 | 2,213 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #123 | 2,254 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #115 | 2,325 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #120 | 2,257 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #116 | 2,267 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #118 | 2,301 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #118 | 2,181 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #116 | 2,111 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #119 | 2,014 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #120 | 1,843 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #121 | 1,787 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #125 | 1,625 | — | |
| 1914 | #117 | 1,374 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #124 | 1,045 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #123 | 944 | — | |
| 1911 | #124 | 686 | — | |
| 1910 | #123 | 665 | — | |
| 1909 | #137 | 524 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #138 | 504 | — | |
| 1907 | #145 | 452 | — | |
| 1906 | #146 | 408 | — | |
| 1905 | #160 | 344 | — | |
| 1904 | #165 | 325 | — | |
| 1903 | #146 | 363 | — | |
| 1902 | #160 | 323 | — | |
| 1901 | #165 | 275 | — | |
| 1900 | #151 | 383 | — | |
| 1899 | #154 | 299 | — | |
| 1898 | #166 | 302 | — | |
| 1897 | #159 | 281 | — | |
| 1896 | #161 | 274 | — | |
| 1895 | #151 | 295 | — | |
| 1894 | #160 | 267 | — | |
| 1893 | #160 | 244 | — | |
| 1892 | #167 | 222 | — | |
| 1891 | #185 | 161 | — | |
| 1890 | #161 | 220 | — | |
| 1889 | #159 | 189 | — | |
| 1888 | #170 | 170 | — | |
| 1887 | #153 | 161 | — | |
| 1886 | #154 | 151 | — | |
| 1885 | #159 | 132 | — | |
| 1884 | #155 | 129 | — | |
| 1883 | #163 | 103 | — | |
| 1882 | #183 | 75 | — | |
| 1881 | #185 | 67 | — | |
| 1880 | #153 | 89 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Christine was already there! It came in at #153, and was given to 89 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 90 girls a year got the name.
Where Christine is popular in 1910
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- District of Columbia#47 · 1 in 175
- Rhode Island#55 · 1 in 192
- Kentucky#72 · 1 in 226
- Mississippi#74 · 1 in 268
- Florida#75 · 1 in 252
Best ever in a state: #2 in New Jersey, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #47 | 5 | 1 in 175 |
| Rhode Island | #55 | 7 | 1 in 192 |
| Kentucky | #72 | 47 | 1 in 226 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 39 | 1 in 268 |
| Florida | #75 | 16 | 1 in 252 |
| Connecticut | #79 | 10 | 1 in 317 |
| Maine | #81 | 7 | 1 in 256 |
| Tennessee | #81 | 39 | 1 in 269 |
| South Carolina | #86 | 32 | 1 in 292 |
| Oklahoma | #88 | 24 | 1 in 303 |
| Virginia | #99 | 29 | 1 in 372 |
| Minnesota | #100 | 13 | 1 in 449 |
| South Dakota | #103 | 5 | 1 in 353 |
| Pennsylvania | #118 | 44 | 1 in 718 |
| Missouri | #119 | 21 | 1 in 520 |
| Georgia | #120 | 31 | 1 in 503 |
| North Carolina | #120 | 25 | 1 in 504 |
| Arkansas | #127 | 16 | 1 in 471 |
| Louisiana | #134 | 18 | 1 in 539 |
| Wisconsin | #134 | 10 | 1 in 680 |
| Illinois | #138 | 23 | 1 in 800 |
| Ohio | #140 | 18 | 1 in 832 |
| Kansas | #144 | 7 | 1 in 683 |
| Michigan | #144 | 12 | 1 in 723 |
| Massachusetts | #145 | 12 | 1 in 878 |
| Texas | #145 | 34 | 1 in 568 |
| New Jersey | #147 | 10 | 1 in 865 |
| Indiana | #148 | 9 | 1 in 821 |
| New York | #150 | 41 | 1 in 791 |
| Iowa | #155 | 7 | 1 in 817 |
| Alabama | #168 | 15 | 1 in 873 |
| West Virginia | #175 | 7 | 1 in 817 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 76 spots since 2024 (#1,196 → #1,272)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#1,015 → #1,272)
- 482 spots since 2015 (#790 → #1,272)
- Biggest jump: 68 spots in 2012 (#724 → #656)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2018 (#785 → #920)
Rise & fade · girls
89 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1969 at #14 (16,752 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 52 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 52 yrs · run 1942–1993
- Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 99
- Highest: 1 in 99 girls born in 1968 were named Christine (1.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,132 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #14 in 1969, was only 1 in 101 (0.99%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 23.8% of all girls named Christine (139,343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,266 | #153 (1887) | #163 |
| 1890s | 2,565 | #151 (1895) | #162 |
| 1900s | 3,901 | #137 (1909) | #151 |
| 1910s | 14,094 | #116 (1919) | #121 |
| 1920s | 22,334 | #115 (1924) | #119 |
| 1930s | 18,489 | #121 (1934) | #127 |
| 1940s | 54,565 | #30 (1949) | #70 |
| 1950s | 113,340 | #20 (1952) | #36 |
| 1960s | 139,343 | #14 (1969) | #26 |
| 1970s | 103,236 | #14 (1970) | #23 |
| 1980s | 68,016 | #41 (1980) | #47 |
| 1990s | 31,618 | #62 (1990) | #120 |
| 2000s | 8,704 | #217 (2000) | #398 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | #656 (2012) | #759 |
| 2020s | 1,263 | #1,015 (2020) | #1,152 |
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.
Christine in 1910
girls
#123
665 births · 1 in 596 girls
Top girls' names in 1910
More about 1910
girls
396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 596 of them was named Christine, which outranked 95.6% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Christine
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.