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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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.

Where Christina is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 79 girlsAKMaine: #35 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 138 girlsMEVermont: #20 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 81 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #36 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 124 girlsNHWashington: #22 for girls · 251 births · 1 in 107 girlsWAIdaho: #30 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 115 girlsIDMontana: #24 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 98 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #41 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 149 girlsNDMinnesota: #36 for girls · 194 births · 1 in 148 girlsMNIllinois: #22 for girls · 652 births · 1 in 111 girlsILWisconsin: #39 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 174 girlsWIMichigan: #28 for girls · 509 births · 1 in 111 girlsMINew York: #12 for girls · 1,276 births · 1 in 82 girlsNYMassachusetts: #28 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 121 girlsMARhode Island: #33 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 116 girlsRIOregon: #25 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 107 girlsORNevada: #12 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 67 girlsNVWyoming: #27 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 101 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #45 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 182 girlsSDIowa: #35 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 151 girlsIAIndiana: #23 for girls · 303 births · 1 in 110 girlsINOhio: #22 for girls · 678 births · 1 in 102 girlsOHPennsylvania: #22 for girls · 620 births · 1 in 110 girlsPANew Jersey: #11 for girls · 508 births · 1 in 77 girlsNJConnecticut: #20 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 87 girlsCTCalifornia: #11 for girls · 2,193 births · 1 in 88 girlsCAUtah: #41 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 196 girlsUTColorado: #19 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 97 girlsCONebraska: #37 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 165 girlsNEMissouri: #28 for girls · 294 births · 1 in 107 girlsMOKentucky: #26 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 117 girlsKYWest Virginia: #22 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 106 girlsWVVirginia: #15 for girls · 355 births · 1 in 88 girlsVAMaryland: #11 for girls · 326 births · 1 in 70 girlsMDDelaware: #20 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 78 girlsDEArizona: #14 for girls · 257 births · 1 in 82 girlsAZNew Mexico: #17 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 101 girlsNMKansas: #27 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 111 girlsKSArkansas: #31 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 137 girlsARTennessee: #27 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 133 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #23 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 115 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #20 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 117 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #16 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 89 girlsDCOklahoma: #20 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 108 girlsOKLouisiana: #25 for girls · 235 births · 1 in 131 girlsLAMississippi: #33 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 169 girlsMSAlabama: #31 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 148 girlsALGeorgia: #20 for girls · 321 births · 1 in 111 girlsGAHawaii: #12 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 85 girlsHITexas: #13 for girls · 1,304 births · 1 in 100 girlsTXFlorida: #10 for girls · 840 births · 1 in 73 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#10 · 1 in 73
  2. Maryland#11 · 1 in 70
  3. New Jersey#11 · 1 in 77
  4. California#11 · 1 in 88
  5. Nevada#12 · 1 in 67

Best ever in a state: #4 in Maryland, 1978.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#108401 in 73
California#112,1931 in 88
Maryland#113261 in 70
New Jersey#115081 in 77
Hawaii#12621 in 85
Nevada#12701 in 67
New York#121,2761 in 82
Texas#131,3041 in 100
Arizona#142571 in 82
Virginia#153551 in 88
District of Columbia#16641 in 89
Alaska#17501 in 79
New Mexico#17971 in 101
Colorado#192241 in 97
Connecticut#201871 in 87
Delaware#20391 in 78
Georgia#203211 in 111
Oklahoma#201911 in 108
South Carolina#201511 in 117
Vermont#20341 in 81
Illinois#226521 in 111
Ohio#226781 in 102
Pennsylvania#226201 in 110
Washington#222511 in 107
West Virginia#22941 in 106
Indiana#233031 in 110
North Carolina#232961 in 115
Montana#24481 in 98
Louisiana#252351 in 131
Oregon#251461 in 107
Kentucky#261871 in 117
Kansas#271381 in 111
Tennessee#272071 in 133
Wyoming#27291 in 101
Massachusetts#282771 in 121
Michigan#285091 in 111
Missouri#282941 in 107
Idaho#30531 in 115
Alabama#311461 in 148
Arkansas#31931 in 137
Mississippi#33891 in 169
Rhode Island#33401 in 116
Iowa#351181 in 151
Maine#35451 in 138
Minnesota#361941 in 148
New Hampshire#36431 in 124
Nebraska#37631 in 165
Wisconsin#391761 in 174
North Dakota#41321 in 149
Utah#41761 in 196
South Dakota#45241 in 182

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 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 1984

girls
#20
14,705 births · 1 in 115 girls
boys
#944
87 births · 1 in 20,745 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #20Christina14,705

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #944Christina87
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 115 of them was named Christina, which outranked 99.8% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #17Michelle15,499
  2. #18Amber15,369
  3. #19Laura14,818
  4. #20Christina14,705
  5. #21Lauren14,475
  6. #22Kimberly14,445
  7. #23Rebecca13,348
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 20,745 of them was named Christina, which outranked 87.1% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #938Dustan88
  2. #938Lamarcus88
  3. #938Torrey88
  4. #944Christina87
  5. #944Chadd87
  6. #944Dedrick87
  7. #944Jefferey87
  8. #951Anwar86
  9. #951Eliseo86
  10. #951Garland86

Tied with 6 names at #944; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →