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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

girls
#12
16,600 births · 1 in 104 girls
boys
#984
86 births · 1 in 21,491 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #12Christina16,600

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #984Christina86
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 104 of them was named Christina, which outranked 99.9% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #9Elizabeth20,545
  2. #10Megan20,013
  3. #11Melissa19,963
  4. #12Christina16,600
  5. #13Rachel16,360
  6. #14Laura16,002
  7. #15Lauren15,768
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 21,491 of them was named Christina, which outranked 87.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christina
  1. #975Rayshawn87
  2. #975Trever87
  3. #975Walker87
  4. #984Christina86
  5. #984Alden86
  6. #984Armand86
  7. #984Arnulfo86
  8. #992Eddy85
  9. #992Jereme85
  10. #992Melissa85

Tied with 7 names at #984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985