Kristine
- #3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births
- Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 3,314 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,329since 1916
Kristine over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kristine has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,211 | 49 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,002 | 55 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,918 | 103 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,829 | 110 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,658 | 128 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,602 | 140 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,479 | 158 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,365 | 177 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,335 | 174 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,216 | 187 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,082 | 212 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,117 | 197 | — | |
| 2002 | #986 | 223 | — | |
| 2001 | #879 | 261 | — | |
| 2000 | #741 | 312 | — | |
| 1999 | #775 | 284 | — | |
| 1998 | #635 | 365 | — | |
| 1997 | #608 | 373 | — | |
| 1996 | #499 | 480 | — | |
| 1995 | #477 | 517 | — | |
| 1994 | #386 | 657 | — | |
| 1993 | #329 | 797 | — | |
| 1992 | #316 | 875 | — | |
| 1991 | #279 | 997 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #237 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1989 | #194 | 1,379 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #196 | 1,376 | — | |
| 1987 | #199 | 1,369 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #191 | 1,369 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #188 | 1,441 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #196 | 1,359 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #204 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1982 | #214 | 1,233 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #196 | 1,362 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #189 | 1,424 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #183 | 1,455 | — | |
| 1978 | #157 | 1,732 | — | |
| 1977 | #174 | 1,564 | — | |
| 1976 | #187 | 1,357 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #169 | 1,559 | — | |
| 1974 | #147 | 1,863 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #133 | 2,148 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #127 | 2,370 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #120 | 2,963 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #109 | 3,532 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #110 | 3,322 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #105 | 3,411 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #106 | 3,292 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #104 | 3,314 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #120 | 3,162 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #171 | 2,290 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #203 | 1,747 | — | |
| 1962 | #238 | 1,329 | — | |
| 1961 | #261 | 1,174 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #273 | 1,084 | — | |
| 1959 | #278 | 1,020 | — | |
| 1958 | #267 | 1,082 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #282 | 986 | — | |
| 1956 | #273 | 995 | — | |
| 1955 | #274 | 992 | — | |
| 1954 | #289 | 866 | — | |
| 1953 | #228 | 1,247 | — | |
| 1952 | #165 | 1,885 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #172 | 1,755 | — | |
| 1950 | #214 | 1,247 | — | |
| 1949 | #219 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1948 | #231 | 1,033 | — | |
| 1947 | #291 | 718 | — | |
| 1946 | #360 | 446 | — | |
| 1945 | #501 | 213 | — | |
| 1944 | #582 | 158 | — | |
| 1943 | #686 | 123 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #942 | 61 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Kristine! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kristine is popular in 2025
- 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
- Indiana#1,032 · 1 in 5,582
- Ohio#1,271 · 1 in 7,878
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
Holding steady
- 287 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #3,211)
- 829 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #3,211)
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1941
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1966 at #104 (3,314 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1941–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 481
- Highest: 1 in 481 girls born in 1968 were named Kristine (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #104 in 1966, was only 1 in 511 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 28.6% of all girls named Kristine (24,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #3,244 (1918) | #3,690 |
| 1920s | 72 | #3,164 (1921) | #3,942 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,291 (1939) | #2,558 |
| 1940s | 4,046 | #219 (1949) | #594 |
| 1950s | 12,075 | #165 (1952) | #244 |
| 1960s | 24,125 | #104 (1966) | #169 |
| 1970s | 20,543 | #109 (1970) | #151 |
| 1980s | 13,571 | #188 (1985) | #197 |
| 1990s | 6,541 | #237 (1990) | #454 |
| 2000s | 2,041 | #741 (2000) | #1,180 |
| 2010s | 890 | #1,658 (2010) | #2,200 |
| 2020s | 274 | #3,002 (2021) | #3,438 |
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.
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