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

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Peak · girls
1969 · 16,752 births
Debut · girls
89 births
In top 100 · girls
52 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
586,465
since 1880

Christine over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #14, 1969girls
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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#1,272176
2024#1,196198
2023#1,168206
2022#1,120219
2021#1,138216
2020#1,015248
2019#922287
2018#920291
2017#785350
2016#727390
2015#790357
2014#690410
2013#704398
2012#656434
2011#724381
2010#669433
2009#615491
2008#542569
2007#512618#9,7887
2006#436731#12,0555
2005#396793
2004#370844
2003#335942
2002#3041,027#7,6438
2001#2551,247
2000#2171,442#7,4168
1999#2041,500#7,8747
1998#1751,715
1997#1591,942#9,2655
1996#1352,371#6,4968
1995#1142,815#4,28014
1994#1043,163#4,29014
1993#903,477#7,6386
1992#824,150#4,32713
1991#734,806#4,00514
1990#625,679#2,55326
1989#596,134#1,43358
1988#516,612#1,67142
1987#486,620#1,65541
1986#476,917#1,58841
1985#447,441#1,48545
1984#437,299#1,65635
1983#476,499#1,68734
1982#466,555#1,77432
1981#426,854#2,08625
1980#417,085#1,69534
1979#357,689#1,51039
1978#298,272#1,57036
1977#307,886#1,67032
1976#268,111#1,64632
1975#229,103#1,19150
1974#199,901#1,24445
1973#1710,549#1,29441
1972#1611,986#1,23045
1971#1813,678#1,08157
1970#1416,061#1,26043
1969#1416,752#1,06453
1968#1416,525#1,21739
1967#1415,991#1,07147
1966#2015,546#1,04349
1965#2115,204#1,23338
1964#2814,270#1,21940
1963#2913,387#1,22840
1962#3911,196#1,40331
1961#3910,598#1,55227
1960#409,874#1,77221
1959#439,471#1,58825
1958#4310,062#1,37032
1957#419,575#1,67323
1956#429,371#1,44329
1955#409,042#1,84518
1954#438,788#1,62822
1953#3211,793#1,50825
1952#2017,548#1,40629
1951#2415,017#1,48925
1950#2812,673#1,31330
1949#3011,797#1,46225
1948#359,677#1,46025
1947#458,379#1,39428
1946#506,202#1,94914
1945#624,077#2,00912
1944#753,584#1,68317
1943#843,316#2,18212
1942#962,900#2,26811
1941#1012,471#1,53220
1940#1182,162#2,32210
1939#1241,985#2,28810
1938#1291,843#2,32610
1937#1351,742#2,4799
1936#1311,723#2,30110
1935#1301,744#2,39610
1934#1211,920#2,39310
1933#1281,794#1,70717
1932#1271,859#2,31311
1931#1251,884#2,32811
1930#1241,995#1,82117
1929#1232,013#2,31712
1928#1202,177#1,90217
1927#1172,346#2,29813
1926#1202,213#1,98116
1925#1232,254#2,75510
1924#1152,325#3,0239
1923#1202,257#3,8226
1922#1162,267#4,3075
1921#1182,301#4,3225
1920#1182,181#2,45912
1919#1162,111#2,66510
1918#1192,014#3,3687
1917#1201,843#2,9568
1916#1211,787#2,7309
1915#1251,625
1914#1171,374#2,6517
1913#1241,045#2,8215
1912#123944
1911#124686
1910#123665
1909#137524#1,4405
1908#138504
1907#145452
1906#146408
1905#160344
1904#165325
1903#146363
1902#160323
1901#165275
1900#151383
1899#154299
1898#166302
1897#159281
1896#161274
1895#151295
1894#160267
1893#160244
1892#167222
1891#185161
1890#161220
1889#159189
1888#170170
1887#153161
1886#154151
1885#159132
1884#155129
1883#163103
1882#18375
1881#18567
1880#15389
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
89 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1969 at #14 (16,752 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 52 yrs · run 1942–1993
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 99
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 23.8% of all girls named Christine (139,343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,266#153 (1887)#163
1890s2,565#151 (1895)#162
1900s3,901#137 (1909)#151
1910s14,094#116 (1919)#121
1920s22,334#115 (1924)#119
1930s18,489#121 (1934)#127
1940s54,565#30 (1949)#70
1950s113,340#20 (1952)#36
1960s139,343#14 (1969)#26
1970s103,236#14 (1970)#23
1980s68,016#41 (1980)#47
1990s31,618#62 (1990)#120
2000s8,704#217 (2000)#398
2010s3,731#656 (2012)#759
2020s1,263#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 1967

girls
#14
15,991 births · 1 in 103 girls
boys
#1,071
47 births · 1 in 37,102 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #14Christine15,991

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #1,071Christine47
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 103 of them was named Christine, which outranked 99.8% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christine
  1. #11Patricia17,753
  2. #12Amy16,122
  3. #13Elizabeth16,116
  4. #14Christine15,991
  5. #15Laura15,819
  6. #16Julie15,547
  7. #17Pamela15,368
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 37,102 of them was named Christine, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christine
  1. #1,061Valentin48
  2. #1,061Waymon48
  3. #1,061Wilburn48
  4. #1,071Christine47
  5. #1,071Anthoney47
  6. #1,071Antone47
  7. #1,071Ari47
  8. #1,087Adalberto46
  9. #1,087Alain46
  10. #1,087Carnell46

Tied with 15 names at #1,071; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967