Christina

#770 for girls in 2025, 352 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 16,600 births
Debut · girls
65 births
In top 100 · girls
39 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
479,718
since 1880

Christina over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #12, 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#770352
2024#704399
2023#702405
2022#733397
2021#627475
2020#606481
2019#522596
2018#434728
2017#398786
2016#389850
2015#333983
2014#3211,030
2013#2991,071
2012#2831,125#10,7706
2011#2691,184
2010#2471,289
2009#2211,472
2008#2001,678
2007#1742,025#9,7887
2006#1582,230#9,5857
2005#1342,452#7,6409
2004#1232,736#6,97610
2003#1093,117#7,8318
2002#973,391#4,70316
2001#803,742#6,44510
2000#734,332#6,31610
1999#754,296#5,03513
1998#694,533#3,70819
1997#625,182#4,66813
1996#575,804#2,74727
1995#456,953#3,30320
1994#397,668#1,92743
1993#358,289#1,53959
1992#339,444#1,69750
1991#3110,564#1,55755
1990#2511,927#1,46459
1989#2313,141#886129
1988#2212,954#1,00394
1987#2013,816#1,03085
1986#1914,384#95891
1985#1216,600#98486
1984#2014,705#94487
1983#1615,357#1,07568
1982#1914,518#1,11567
1981#1714,392#1,11167
1980#1516,141#1,07970
1979#1416,454#1,15461
1978#1516,367#93885
1977#1614,501#1,21053
1976#1414,033#1,17953
1975#1212,980#1,22848
1974#1610,849#1,15151
1973#1610,888#1,18648
1972#2610,172#1,41836
1971#309,915#1,49433
1970#359,588#1,33739
1969#379,323#1,28038
1968#448,016#1,39331
1967#536,600#1,65222
1966#675,341#1,75719
1965#744,979#2,7809
1964#884,701#2,8549
1963#1074,028#2,41412
1962#1243,624#2,50411
1961#1323,467#3,6526
1960#1542,711#4,0385
1959#1652,348#3,9885
1958#1652,309#3,5596
1957#1702,251#3,0248
1956#1732,112
1955#1841,811#3,8865
1954#2141,387
1953#1771,772
1952#1552,169
1951#1581,960
1950#1651,725
1949#1601,832
1948#1841,493#3,6685
1947#2071,284
1946#231964
1945#238776
1944#237760
1943#288580
1942#335433
1941#339373
1940#350344
1939#418262
1938#393291
1937#410250
1936#402253
1935#383274
1934#376284
1933#393271
1932#410251
1931#376292
1930#386317
1929#365333#3,5596
1928#351371
1927#372342
1926#357349
1925#350375
1924#345385
1923#351357
1922#334372
1921#337383
1920#333384
1919#321386
1918#353346
1917#325361
1916#326346
1915#325339
1914#306291
1913#325216
1912#321202
1911#325148
1910#347130
1909#331120
1908#326118
1907#307128
1906#305120
1905#308118
1904#288123
1903#32690
1902#301111
1901#282110
1900#283132
1899#270112
1898#263131
1897#259120
1896#264118
1895#248126
1894#245121
1893#219139
1892#230127
1891#214124
1890#200139
1889#190142
1888#215114
1887#21692
1886#19898
1885#178107
1884#20883
1883#21069
1882#20864
1881#16382
1880#18665
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Christina was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 65 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 84 girls a year got the name.

See more about Christina
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 66 spots since 2024 (#704#770)
  • 164 spots since 2020 (#606#770)
  • 437 spots since 2015 (#333#770)
  • Biggest jump: 68 spots in 1940 (#418#350)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 2022 (#627#733)
Rise & fade · girls
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1985 at #12 (16,600 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1964–2002
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 94
  • Highest: 1 in 94 girls born in 1978 were named Christina (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,566 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #12 in 1985, was only 1 in 104 (0.96%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.4% of all girls named Christina (146,008) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s916#163 (1881)#197
1890s1,257#200 (1890)#241
1900s1,170#282 (1901)#306
1910s2,765#306 (1914)#327
1920s3,651#333 (1920)#350
1930s2,745#376 (1931)#395
1940s8,839#160 (1949)#257
1950s19,844#155 (1952)#173
1960s52,790#37 (1969)#88
1970s125,747#12 (1975)#19
1980s146,008#12 (1985)#18
1990s74,660#25 (1990)#47
2000s27,175#73 (2000)#137
2010s9,642#247 (2010)#350
2020s2,509#606 (2020)#690

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.

Christina in 1968

girls
#44
8,016 births · 1 in 205 girls
boys
#1,393
31 births · 1 in 56,064 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #44Christina8,016

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #1,393Christina31
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 205 of them was named Christina, which outranked 99.5% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #41Maria8,386
  2. #42Rhonda8,268
  3. #43Robin8,180
  4. #44Christina8,016
  5. #45Paula7,637
  6. #46Jill7,521
  7. #47Theresa7,307
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 56,064 of them was named Christina, which outranked 70.6% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #1,366Thurston32
  2. #1,366Wendall32
  3. #1,366Winford32
  4. #1,393Christina31
  5. #1,393Anselmo31
  6. #1,393Braden31
  7. #1,393Brandy31
  8. #1,428Ahmed30
  9. #1,428Alonza30
  10. #1,428Alvis30

Tied with 34 names at #1,393; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 649Dustin#1,018#369
  2. 567Damion#1,411#844
  3. 490Korey#1,388#898
  4. 434Darby#1,364#930
  5. 393Jamal#1,181#788
Fallers
  1. 926Illya#968#1,894
  2. 357Maury#925#1,282
  3. 298Cedrick#885#1,183
  4. 290Dell#875#1,165
  5. 257Faron#843#1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968