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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

girls
#16
10,888 births · 1 in 134 girls
boys
#1,186
48 births · 1 in 32,470 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #16Christina10,888

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,186Christina48
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 134 of them was named Christina, which outranked 99.8% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #13Elizabeth12,360
  2. #14Mary12,313
  3. #15Tammy11,244
  4. #16Christina10,888
  5. #17Christine10,549
  6. #18Kelly10,512
  7. #19Laura10,344
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 32,470 of them was named Christina, which outranked 79.8% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #1,176Samir49
  2. #1,176Santino49
  3. #1,176Wayland49
  4. #1,186Christina48
  5. #1,186Clemente48
  6. #1,186Corbin48
  7. #1,186Diallo48
  8. #1,201Alden47
  9. #1,201Caesar47
  10. #1,201Coleman47

Tied with 14 names at #1,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973