Christine
#1,272 for girls in 2025, 176 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #9,788
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 16,752 births
- Debut · girls
- 89 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 52 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 586,465since 1880
Christine over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,272 | 176 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,196 | 198 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,168 | 206 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,120 | 219 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,138 | 216 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,015 | 248 | — | |
| 2019 | #922 | 287 | — | |
| 2018 | #920 | 291 | — | |
| 2017 | #785 | 350 | — | |
| 2016 | #727 | 390 | — | |
| 2015 | #790 | 357 | — | |
| 2014 | #690 | 410 | — | |
| 2013 | #704 | 398 | — | |
| 2012 | #656 | 434 | — | |
| 2011 | #724 | 381 | — | |
| 2010 | #669 | 433 | — | |
| 2009 | #615 | 491 | — | |
| 2008 | #542 | 569 | — | |
| 2007 | #512 | 618 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #436 | 731 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #396 | 793 | — | |
| 2004 | #370 | 844 | — | |
| 2003 | #335 | 942 | — | |
| 2002 | #304 | 1,027 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #255 | 1,247 | — | |
| 2000 | #217 | 1,442 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #204 | 1,500 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #175 | 1,715 | — | |
| 1997 | #159 | 1,942 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #135 | 2,371 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #114 | 2,815 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #104 | 3,163 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #90 | 3,477 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #82 | 4,150 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #73 | 4,806 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #62 | 5,679 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #59 | 6,134 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | #51 | 6,612 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #48 | 6,620 | #1,655 | 41 |
| 1986 | #47 | 6,917 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #44 | 7,441 | #1,485 | 45 |
| 1984 | #43 | 7,299 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #47 | 6,499 | #1,687 | 34 |
| 1982 | #46 | 6,555 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #42 | 6,854 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #41 | 7,085 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1979 | #35 | 7,689 | #1,510 | 39 |
| 1978 | #29 | 8,272 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #30 | 7,886 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #26 | 8,111 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #22 | 9,103 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | #19 | 9,901 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #17 | 10,549 | #1,294 | 41 |
| 1972 | #16 | 11,986 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #18 | 13,678 | #1,081 | 57 |
| 1970 | #14 | 16,061 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #14 | 16,752 | #1,064 | 53 |
| 1968 | #14 | 16,525 | #1,217 | 39 |
| 1967 | #14 | 15,991 | #1,071 | 47 |
| 1966 | #20 | 15,546 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #21 | 15,204 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1964 | #28 | 14,270 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #29 | 13,387 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1962 | #39 | 11,196 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #39 | 10,598 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #40 | 9,874 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #43 | 9,471 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #43 | 10,062 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #41 | 9,575 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #42 | 9,371 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #40 | 9,042 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #43 | 8,788 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #32 | 11,793 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #20 | 17,548 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #24 | 15,017 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #28 | 12,673 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #30 | 11,797 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #35 | 9,677 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #45 | 8,379 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #50 | 6,202 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #62 | 4,077 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #75 | 3,584 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #84 | 3,316 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #96 | 2,900 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #101 | 2,471 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #118 | 2,162 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #124 | 1,985 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #129 | 1,843 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #135 | 1,742 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #131 | 1,723 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #130 | 1,744 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #121 | 1,920 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #128 | 1,794 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #127 | 1,859 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #125 | 1,884 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #124 | 1,995 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #123 | 2,013 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #120 | 2,177 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #117 | 2,346 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #120 | 2,213 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #123 | 2,254 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #115 | 2,325 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #120 | 2,257 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #116 | 2,267 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #118 | 2,301 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #118 | 2,181 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #116 | 2,111 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #119 | 2,014 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #120 | 1,843 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #121 | 1,787 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #125 | 1,625 | — | |
| 1914 | #117 | 1,374 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #124 | 1,045 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #123 | 944 | — | |
| 1911 | #124 | 686 | — | |
| 1910 | #123 | 665 | — | |
| 1909 | #137 | 524 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #138 | 504 | — | |
| 1907 | #145 | 452 | — | |
| 1906 | #146 | 408 | — | |
| 1905 | #160 | 344 | — | |
| 1904 | #165 | 325 | — | |
| 1903 | #146 | 363 | — | |
| 1902 | #160 | 323 | — | |
| 1901 | #165 | 275 | — | |
| 1900 | #151 | 383 | — | |
| 1899 | #154 | 299 | — | |
| 1898 | #166 | 302 | — | |
| 1897 | #159 | 281 | — | |
| 1896 | #161 | 274 | — | |
| 1895 | #151 | 295 | — | |
| 1894 | #160 | 267 | — | |
| 1893 | #160 | 244 | — | |
| 1892 | #167 | 222 | — | |
| 1891 | #185 | 161 | — | |
| 1890 | #161 | 220 | — | |
| 1889 | #159 | 189 | — | |
| 1888 | #170 | 170 | — | |
| 1887 | #153 | 161 | — | |
| 1886 | #154 | 151 | — | |
| 1885 | #159 | 132 | — | |
| 1884 | #155 | 129 | — | |
| 1883 | #163 | 103 | — | |
| 1882 | #183 | 75 | — | |
| 1881 | #185 | 67 | — | |
| 1880 | #153 | 89 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Christine was already there! It came in at #153, and was given to 89 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 90 girls a year got the name.
See more about Christine
- 76 spots since 2024 (#1,196 → #1,272)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#1,015 → #1,272)
- 482 spots since 2015 (#790 → #1,272)
- Biggest jump: 68 spots in 2012 (#724 → #656)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2018 (#785 → #920)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1969 at #14 (16,752 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 52 yrs · run 1942–1993
- Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–2019
- Highest: 1 in 99 girls born in 1968 were named Christine (1.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,132 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #14 in 1969, was only 1 in 101 (0.99%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all girls named Christine (139,343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,266 | #153 (1887) | #163 |
| 1890s | 2,565 | #151 (1895) | #162 |
| 1900s | 3,901 | #137 (1909) | #151 |
| 1910s | 14,094 | #116 (1919) | #121 |
| 1920s | 22,334 | #115 (1924) | #119 |
| 1930s | 18,489 | #121 (1934) | #127 |
| 1940s | 54,565 | #30 (1949) | #70 |
| 1950s | 113,340 | #20 (1952) | #36 |
| 1960s | 139,343 | #14 (1969) | #26 |
| 1970s | 103,236 | #14 (1970) | #23 |
| 1980s | 68,016 | #41 (1980) | #47 |
| 1990s | 31,618 | #62 (1990) | #120 |
| 2000s | 8,704 | #217 (2000) | #398 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | #656 (2012) | #759 |
| 2020s | 1,263 | #1,015 (2020) | #1,152 |
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.
Christine in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 529 of them was named Christine, which outranked 97.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 115,917 of them was named Christine, which outranked 41.0% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,179Worley11
- #2,179Yancy11
- #2,179Zeno11
- #2,322Christine10
- #2,322Abelino10
- #2,322Afton10
- #2,322Agnes10
- #2,478Abie9
- #2,478Admiral9
- #2,478Alen9
Tied with 155 names at #2,322; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.