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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 297 girlsAKMaine: #125 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 512 girlsMEVermont: #114 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 419 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #76 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 282 girlsNHWashington: #51 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 246 girlsWAIdaho: #71 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 256 girlsIDMontana: #41 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 161 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #91 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 293 girlsNDMinnesota: #39 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 163 girlsMNIllinois: #79 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 332 girlsILWisconsin: #38 for girls · 218 births · 1 in 155 girlsWIMichigan: #78 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 319 girlsMINew York: #98 for girls · 327 births · 1 in 432 girlsNYMassachusetts: #75 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 262 girlsMARhode Island: #82 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 337 girlsRIOregon: #74 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 287 girlsORNevada: #105 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 329 girlsNVWyoming: #134 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 390 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #89 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 306 girlsSDIowa: #50 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 215 girlsIAIndiana: #107 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 453 girlsINOhio: #107 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 450 girlsOHPennsylvania: #113 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 497 girlsPANew Jersey: #93 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 415 girlsNJConnecticut: #78 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 281 girlsCTCalifornia: #90 for girls · 391 births · 1 in 420 girlsCAUtah: #64 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 269 girlsUTColorado: #86 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 337 girlsCONebraska: #59 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 227 girlsNEMissouri: #136 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 633 girlsMOKentucky: #370 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsKYWest Virginia: #178 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 854 girlsWVVirginia: #161 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 764 girlsVAMaryland: #151 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 682 girlsMDDelaware: #121 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 470 girlsDEArizona: #78 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 332 girlsAZNew Mexico: #237 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 913 girlsNMKansas: #110 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 434 girlsKSArkansas: #348 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,271 girlsARTennessee: #396 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,149 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #328 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #360 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,283 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #162 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 712 girlsDCOklahoma: #229 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsOKLouisiana: #258 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsLAMississippi: #413 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,684 girlsMSAlabama: #477 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,872 girlsALGeorgia: #361 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,377 girlsGAHawaii: #65 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 259 girlsHITexas: #228 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 1,063 girlsTXFlorida: #184 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 915 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#38 · 1 in 155
  2. Minnesota#39 · 1 in 163
  3. Montana#41 · 1 in 161
  4. Iowa#50 · 1 in 215
  5. Washington#51 · 1 in 246

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#382181 in 155
Minnesota#391821 in 163
Montana#41271 in 161
Iowa#50971 in 215
Washington#511001 in 246
Nebraska#59461 in 227
Utah#64391 in 269
Hawaii#65201 in 259
Idaho#71191 in 256
Oregon#74501 in 287
Massachusetts#751611 in 262
New Hampshire#76181 in 282
Arizona#78451 in 332
Connecticut#78741 in 281
Michigan#782321 in 319
Illinois#792641 in 332
Rhode Island#82191 in 337
Colorado#86511 in 337
South Dakota#89141 in 306
California#903911 in 420
North Dakota#91151 in 293
New Jersey#931211 in 415
Alaska#9491 in 297
New York#983271 in 432
Nevada#10591 in 329
Indiana#107951 in 453
Ohio#1071981 in 450
Kansas#110341 in 434
Pennsylvania#1131731 in 497
Vermont#11471 in 419
Delaware#12181 in 470
Maine#125141 in 512
Wyoming#13451 in 390
Missouri#136561 in 633
Maryland#151371 in 682
Virginia#161451 in 764
District of Columbia#162141 in 712
West Virginia#178151 in 854
Florida#184521 in 915
Texas#228981 in 1,063
Oklahoma#229171 in 1,036
New Mexico#23791 in 913
Louisiana#258241 in 1,267
North Carolina#328181 in 2,327
Arkansas#34861 in 2,271
South Carolina#36091 in 2,283
Georgia#361171 in 2,377
Kentucky#37091 in 2,887
Tennessee#396101 in 3,149
Mississippi#41371 in 2,684
Alabama#47771 in 3,872

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 1970

girls
#109
3,532 births · 1 in 495 girls
boys
#3,282
9 births · 1 in 206,470 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #109Kristine3,532

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #3,282Kristine9
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 495 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 98.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #106Yolanda3,591
  2. #107Sabrina3,569
  3. #108Amanda3,545
  4. #109Kristine3,532
  5. #110Veronica3,489
  6. #111Erin3,480
  7. #112Anne3,441
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 206,470 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 39.6% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #3,071Winthrop10
  2. #3,071Yves10
  3. #3,071Zvi10
  4. #3,282Kristine9
  5. #3,282Adron9
  6. #3,282Alastair9
  7. #3,282Alcindor9
  8. #3,521Abie8
  9. #3,521Adams8
  10. #3,521Adriel8

Tied with 238 names at #3,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →