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

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Peak · girls
1966 · 3,314 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,329
since 1916

Kristine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kristine has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #104, 1966girls
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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
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2025#3,21149—
2024#3,82239—
2023#3,32948—
2022#3,76540—
2021#3,00255—
2020#3,49843—
2019#2,78460—
2018#2,50870—
2017#2,50871—
2016#2,32181—
2015#2,38277—
2014#2,13989—
2013#1,953101—
2012#1,918103—
2011#1,829110—
2010#1,658128—
2009#1,602140—
2008#1,479158—
2007#1,365177—
2006#1,335174—
2005#1,216187—
2004#1,082212—
2003#1,117197—
2002#986223—
2001#879261—
2000#741312—
1999#775284—
1998#635365—
1997#608373—
1996#499480—
1995#477517—
1994#386657—
1993#329797—
1992#316875—
1991#279997#8,2365
1990#2371,196—
1989#1941,379#5,6158
1988#1961,376—
1987#1991,369#6,9515
1986#1911,369#4,4579
1985#1881,441#4,6988
1984#1961,359#5,5616
1983#2041,259—
1982#2141,233#6,3855
1981#1961,362#4,5098
1980#1891,424#4,4958
1979#1831,455—
1978#1571,732—
1977#1741,564—
1976#1871,357#4,9356
1975#1691,559—
1974#1471,863#4,6346
1973#1332,148#2,60614
1972#1272,370#2,99111
1971#1202,963#3,9637
1970#1093,532#3,2829
1969#1103,322#2,30814
1968#1053,411#3,3657
1967#1063,292#3,2317
1966#1043,314#2,62710
1965#1203,162#3,5376
1964#1712,290#2,8549
1963#2031,747—
1962#2381,329—
1961#2611,174#3,3567
1960#2731,084—
1959#2781,020—
1958#2671,082#3,9445
1957#282986—
1956#273995—
1955#274992—
1954#289866—
1953#2281,247—
1952#1651,885#3,7345
1951#1721,755—
1950#2141,247—
1949#2191,174—
1948#2311,033—
1947#291718—
1946#360446—
1945#501213—
1944#582158—
1943#686123—
1942#81488—
1941#94261—
1940#1,31332—
1939#1,29133—
1938#1,47526—
1937#2,10115—
1936#1,80118—
1935#2,73110—
1934#3,1598—
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1932#4,4115—
1931#3,4977—
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1929#4,5705—
1928#4,7255—
1927#3,8757—
1926#3,5648—
1925#3,3629—
1924#4,0027—
1923#4,3766—
1922#4,4456—
1921#3,16410—
1920#3,3409—
1919#4,2516—
1918#3,2449—
1917#3,3448—
1916#3,9196—
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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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #124 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 381 girlsAKMaine: #166 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 821 girlsMEVermont: #140 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 589 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #132 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 631 girlsNHWashington: #51 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 194 girlsWAIdaho: #88 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 293 girlsIDMontana: #87 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 304 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #82 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 267 girlsNDMinnesota: #58 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 199 girlsMNIllinois: #94 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 417 girlsILWisconsin: #45 for girls · 233 births · 1 in 157 girlsWIMichigan: #70 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 285 girlsMINew York: #127 for girls · 249 births · 1 in 617 girlsNYMassachusetts: #88 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 361 girlsMARhode Island: #65 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 236 girlsRIOregon: #117 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 449 girlsORNevada: #105 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 346 girlsNVWyoming: #109 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 337 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #98 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 343 girlsSDIowa: #60 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 233 girlsIAIndiana: #113 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 506 girlsINOhio: #112 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 500 girlsOHPennsylvania: #116 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 531 girlsPANew Jersey: #133 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 619 girlsNJConnecticut: #94 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 404 girlsCTCalifornia: #96 for girls · 382 births · 1 in 423 girlsCAUtah: #53 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 184 girlsUTColorado: #88 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 331 girlsCONebraska: #42 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 148 girlsNEMissouri: #137 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 650 girlsMOKentucky: #379 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,348 girlsKYWest Virginia: #343 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,712 girlsWVVirginia: #235 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsVAMaryland: #157 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 784 girlsMDDelaware: #139 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 565 girlsDEArizona: #161 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 609 girlsAZNew Mexico: #249 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsNMKansas: #100 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 385 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #366 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,986 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #495 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,504 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #226 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsDCOklahoma: #268 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsOKLouisiana: #270 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,519 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedMSAlabama: #495 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,214 girlsALGeorgia: #466 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,084 girlsGAHawaii: #120 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 389 girlsHITexas: #336 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,918 girlsTXFlorida: #225 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#42 · 1 in 148
  2. Wisconsin#45 · 1 in 157
  3. Washington#51 · 1 in 194
  4. Utah#53 · 1 in 184
  5. Minnesota#58 · 1 in 199

Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#42781 in 148
Wisconsin#452331 in 157
Washington#511141 in 194
Utah#53471 in 184
Minnesota#581581 in 199
Iowa#60951 in 233
Rhode Island#65311 in 236
Michigan#702591 in 285
North Dakota#82191 in 267
Montana#87161 in 304
Colorado#88481 in 331
Idaho#88161 in 293
Massachusetts#881311 in 361
Connecticut#94571 in 404
Illinois#942191 in 417
California#963821 in 423
South Dakota#98151 in 343
Kansas#100401 in 385
Nevada#10591 in 346
Wyoming#10961 in 337
Ohio#1121761 in 500
Indiana#113851 in 506
Pennsylvania#1161751 in 531
Oregon#117301 in 449
Hawaii#120141 in 389
Alaska#12461 in 381
New York#1272491 in 617
New Hampshire#13281 in 631
New Jersey#133871 in 619
Missouri#137561 in 650
Delaware#13971 in 565
Vermont#14051 in 589
Maryland#157361 in 784
Arizona#161221 in 609
Maine#166101 in 821
Florida#225381 in 1,168
District of Columbia#226111 in 1,064
Virginia#235261 in 1,403
New Mexico#24991 in 1,077
Oklahoma#268121 in 1,419
Louisiana#270221 in 1,519
Texas#336501 in 1,918
West Virginia#34351 in 2,712
North Carolina#366141 in 2,986
Kentucky#37981 in 3,348
Georgia#466101 in 4,084
Alabama#49571 in 4,214
South Carolina#49551 in 4,504
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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.

See more about Kristine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 611 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #3,211)
  • 287 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #3,211)
  • 829 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #3,211)
  • Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1941 (#1,313 → #942)
  • Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1999 (#635 → #775)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s29#3,244 (1918)#3,690
1920s72#3,164 (1921)#3,942
1930s122#1,291 (1939)#2,558
1940s4,046#219 (1949)#594
1950s12,075#165 (1952)#244
1960s24,125#104 (1966)#169
1970s20,543#109 (1970)#151
1980s13,571#188 (1985)#197
1990s6,541#237 (1990)#454
2000s2,041#741 (2000)#1,180
2010s890#1,658 (2010)#2,200
2020s274#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.

Kristine in 1965

girls
#120
3,162 births · 1 in 558 girls
boys
#3,537
6 births · 1 in 310,024 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #120Kristine3,162

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #3,537Kristine6
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 558 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #117Ellen3,251
  2. #118Ruth3,231
  3. #119Stacy3,205
  4. #120Kristine3,162
  5. #121Joanne3,148
  6. #122Melanie3,116
  7. #123Julia3,102
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 310,024 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 20.1% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #3,244Woodson7
  2. #3,244Yosef7
  3. #3,244Zedrick7
  4. #3,537Kristine6
  5. #3,537Abdon6
  6. #3,537Addam6
  7. #3,537Albie6
  8. #3,930Aarron5
  9. #3,930Abdel5
  10. #3,930Adelaido5

Tied with 392 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 785Trace#1,655 → #870
  2. ↑ 729Darran#1,729 → #1,000
  3. ↑ 655Daryn#1,371 → #716
  4. ↑ 648Darian#1,545 → #897
  5. ↑ 512Darryn#1,327 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,557Jaimie#809 → #2,366
  2. ↓ 443Tammy#875 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 406Destry#637 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 318Dewitt#936 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 303Cassius#860 → #1,163

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →