Kristina

#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 5,566 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
136,765
since 1915

Kristina over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #57, 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#1,721118—
2024#1,732117—
2023#1,569135—
2022#1,456152—
2021#1,317171—
2020#1,299170—
2019#1,125215—
2018#1,083233—
2017#967272—
2016#876320—
2015#740380—
2014#774362—
2013#761357—
2012#688409—
2011#648440—
2010#585501—
2009#510591—
2008#496636—
2007#445725—
2006#402799—
2005#349903—
2004#325973—
2003#2981,034—
2002#2731,160—
2001#2491,283—
2000#2181,433—
1999#2151,453—
1998#1921,612—
1997#1631,865—
1996#1482,180#9,0155
1995#1302,437—
1994#1132,875#6,9687
1993#1043,091#7,6386
1992#933,466—
1991#873,876—
1990#774,389#4,16713
1989#654,803#2,54525
1988#684,578#2,36725
1987#625,018#3,73112
1986#624,840#3,13115
1985#575,566#2,71018
1984#684,328#2,82416
1983#634,382#2,57718
1982#704,149#2,42620
1981#724,061#3,03014
1980#734,222#2,83116
1979#744,130#2,31021
1978#644,229#3,40011
1977#833,539#2,36119
1976#972,972#3,09512
1975#1032,747#4,7976
1974#1012,890#3,5589
1973#973,037#5,1015
1972#1122,924#3,15210
1971#1173,057#3,14610
1970#1253,125#2,39915
1969#1362,465#3,3148
1968#1522,135#3,3657
1967#1811,785#3,9665
1966#2051,529—
1965#2301,372—
1964#2811,036—
1963#338777—
1962#375629—
1961#411561—
1960#478423—
1959#516357#3,9885
1958#517350—
1957#507353—
1956#499351—
1955#481356—
1954#541269—
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1951#455333—
1950#483282—
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1948#566216—
1947#678153—
1946#698133—
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1944#1,05355—
1943#1,27541—
1942#1,86021—
1941#1,88219—
1940#2,02916—
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1936#4,1815—
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Kristina! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kristina is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #63 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 220 girlsAKMaine: #70 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 295 girlsMEVermont: #86 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 333 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #71 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 284 girlsNHWashington: #50 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 253 girlsWAIdaho: #65 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 261 girlsIDMontana: #62 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 255 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #67 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 262 girlsNDMinnesota: #58 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 264 girlsMNIllinois: #69 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 360 girlsILWisconsin: #76 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 392 girlsWIMichigan: #55 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 271 girlsMINew York: #104 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 490 girlsNYMassachusetts: #85 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 368 girlsMARhode Island: #151 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 736 girlsRIOregon: #44 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 223 girlsORNevada: #83 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 305 girlsNVWyoming: #65 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 237 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #60 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 239 girlsSDIowa: #74 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 327 girlsIAIndiana: #58 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 284 girlsINOhio: #68 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 331 girlsOHPennsylvania: #117 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 567 girlsPANew Jersey: #103 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 477 girlsNJConnecticut: #92 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 396 girlsCTCalifornia: #74 for girls · 389 births · 1 in 384 girlsCAUtah: #109 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 459 girlsUTColorado: #63 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 289 girlsCONebraska: #55 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 245 girlsNEMissouri: #64 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 307 girlsMOKentucky: #99 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 473 girlsKYWest Virginia: #88 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 398 girlsWVVirginia: #85 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 376 girlsVAMaryland: #79 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 362 girlsMDDelaware: #108 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 398 girlsDEArizona: #89 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 380 girlsAZNew Mexico: #116 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 474 girlsNMKansas: #58 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 255 girlsKSArkansas: #126 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 591 girlsARTennessee: #134 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 652 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #98 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 453 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #157 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 650 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #112 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 403 girlsDCOklahoma: #59 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 273 girlsOKLouisiana: #148 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 666 girlsLAMississippi: #168 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 719 girlsMSAlabama: #127 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 575 girlsALGeorgia: #103 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 444 girlsGAHawaii: #124 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 424 girlsHITexas: #98 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 500 girlsTXFlorida: #62 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 290 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#44 · 1 in 223
  2. Washington#50 · 1 in 253
  3. Nebraska#55 · 1 in 245
  4. Michigan#55 · 1 in 271
  5. Kansas#58 · 1 in 255

Best ever in a state: #26 in Alaska, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#44661 in 223
Washington#50901 in 253
Michigan#552111 in 271
Nebraska#55411 in 245
Indiana#581241 in 284
Kansas#58531 in 255
Minnesota#58981 in 264
Oklahoma#59621 in 273
South Dakota#60181 in 239
Florida#621491 in 290
Montana#62171 in 255
Alaska#63111 in 220
Colorado#63591 in 289
Missouri#641011 in 307
Idaho#65241 in 261
Wyoming#65101 in 237
North Dakota#67171 in 262
Ohio#682121 in 331
Illinois#692011 in 360
Maine#70201 in 295
New Hampshire#71161 in 284
California#743891 in 384
Iowa#74581 in 327
Wisconsin#76741 in 392
Maryland#79511 in 362
Nevada#83101 in 305
Massachusetts#85801 in 368
Virginia#85751 in 376
Vermont#8671 in 333
West Virginia#88311 in 398
Arizona#89421 in 380
Connecticut#92361 in 396
North Carolina#98731 in 453
Texas#982011 in 500
Kentucky#99521 in 473
Georgia#103741 in 444
New Jersey#103771 in 477
New York#1042081 in 490
Delaware#10871 in 398
Utah#109321 in 459
District of Columbia#112151 in 403
New Mexico#116171 in 474
Pennsylvania#1171171 in 567
Hawaii#124111 in 424
Arkansas#126221 in 591
Alabama#127401 in 575
Tennessee#134431 in 652
Louisiana#148421 in 666
Rhode Island#15161 in 736
South Carolina#157271 in 650
Mississippi#168221 in 719

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 Kristina
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#1,732 → #1,721)
  • 422 spots since 2020 (#1,299 → #1,721)
  • 981 spots since 2015 (#740 → #1,721)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1945 (#1,053 → #830)
  • Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2016 (#740 → #876)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1985 at #57 (5,566 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1976–1992
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1945–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 309
  • Highest: 1 in 309 girls born in 1985 were named Kristina (0.32%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Kristina (45,947) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,274 (1915)#4,274
1920s10#4,975 (1920)#5,037
1930s36#2,579 (1938)#3,073
1940s993#506 (1949)#1,138
1950s3,279#443 (1952)#499
1960s12,712#136 (1969)#279
1970s32,650#64 (1978)#97
1980s45,947#57 (1985)#66
1990s27,244#77 (1990)#132
2000s9,537#218 (2000)#357
2010s3,489#585 (2010)#825
2020s863#1,299 (2020)#1,516

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.

Kristina in 1977

girls
#83
3,539 births · 1 in 433 girls
boys
#2,361
19 births · 1 in 86,485 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #83Kristina3,539

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #2,361Kristina19
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 433 of them was named Kristina, which outranked 99.3% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristina
  1. #80Kathleen3,649
  2. #81Heidi3,640
  3. #82Kristin3,605
  4. #83Kristina3,539
  5. #84Robin3,428
  6. #85Samantha3,284
  7. #86Valerie3,266
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 86,485 of them was named Kristina, which outranked 65.6% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristina
  1. #2,270Ubaldo20
  2. #2,270Wesly20
  3. #2,270Westly20
  4. #2,361Kristina19
  5. #2,361Abran19
  6. #2,361Adriano19
  7. #2,361Akbar19
  8. #2,458Abayomi18
  9. #2,458Americo18
  10. #2,458Ankur18

Tied with 96 names at #2,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →