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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #114 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 405 girlsAKMaine: #176 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 866 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #136 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 661 girlsNHWashington: #94 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 471 girlsWAIdaho: #109 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 460 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #66 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 262 girlsNDMinnesota: #74 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 355 girlsMNIllinois: #136 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 703 girlsILWisconsin: #102 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 484 girlsWIMichigan: #139 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 718 girlsMINew York: #180 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 960 girlsNYMassachusetts: #151 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 762 girlsMARhode Island: #108 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 454 girlsRIOregon: #161 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 824 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #202 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 935 girlsSDIowa: #125 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 648 girlsIAIndiana: #240 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,541 girlsINOhio: #192 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 1,182 girlsOHPennsylvania: #198 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsPANew Jersey: #142 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 715 girlsNJConnecticut: #137 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 647 girlsCTCalifornia: #173 for girls · 195 births · 1 in 891 girlsCAUtah: #180 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 823 girlsUTColorado: #158 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 729 girlsCONebraska: #221 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,196 girlsNEMissouri: #201 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #285 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,996 girlsWVVirginia: #222 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,296 girlsVAMaryland: #181 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,010 girlsMDDelaware: #113 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 437 girlsDEArizona: #188 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 876 girlsAZNew Mexico: #246 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsNMKansas: #310 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,890 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,542 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #519 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,412 girlsLAMississippi: #517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,284 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedALGeorgia: #531 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,920 girlsGAHawaii: #139 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 503 girlsHITexas: #358 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 2,141 girlsTXFlorida: #280 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,665 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#66 · 1 in 262
  2. Minnesota#74 · 1 in 355
  3. Washington#94 · 1 in 471
  4. Wisconsin#102 · 1 in 484
  5. Rhode Island#108 · 1 in 454

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#66181 in 262
Minnesota#74821 in 355
Washington#94571 in 471
Wisconsin#102651 in 484
Rhode Island#108101 in 454
Idaho#109151 in 460
Delaware#11371 in 437
Alaska#11471 in 405
Iowa#125311 in 648
Illinois#1361101 in 703
New Hampshire#13681 in 661
Connecticut#137231 in 647
Hawaii#139101 in 503
Michigan#139841 in 718
New Jersey#142521 in 715
Massachusetts#151411 in 762
Colorado#158271 in 729
Oregon#161211 in 824
California#1731951 in 891
Maine#17671 in 866
New York#1801041 in 960
Utah#180201 in 823
Maryland#181201 in 1,010
Arizona#188221 in 876
Ohio#192621 in 1,182
Pennsylvania#198611 in 1,130
Missouri#201291 in 1,152
South Dakota#20251 in 935
Nebraska#22191 in 1,196
Virginia#222231 in 1,296
Indiana#240241 in 1,541
New Mexico#24691 in 1,036
Florida#280311 in 1,665
West Virginia#28561 in 1,996
Kansas#31081 in 1,890
Texas#358561 in 2,141
Mississippi#51751 in 3,284
Louisiana#51991 in 3,412
Georgia#53191 in 3,920
North Carolina#62661 in 5,542
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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 1980

girls
#189
1,424 births · 1 in 1,166 girls
boys
#4,495
8 births · 1 in 222,994 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #189Kristine1,424

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #4,495Kristine8
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,166 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 98.4% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #186Shelly1,451
  2. #187Priscilla1,432
  3. #187Shawna1,432
  4. #189Kristine1,424
  5. #190Brittany1,407
  6. #191Claudia1,405
  7. #192Sherry1,404
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 222,994 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 38.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #4,134Zebulan9
  2. #4,134Zeferino9
  3. #4,134Zenon9
  4. #4,495Kristine8
  5. #4,495Abbas8
  6. #4,495Abdel8
  7. #4,495Abdulaziz8
  8. #4,940Aamir7
  9. #4,940Aaren7
  10. #4,940Abasi7

Tied with 444 names at #4,495; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →