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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

girls
#59
6,134 births · 1 in 301 girls
boys
#1,433
58 births · 1 in 34,499 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #59Christine6,134

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,433Christine58
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 301 of them was named Christine, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christine
  1. #56Maria6,345
  2. #57Whitney6,305
  3. #58Kathryn6,294
  4. #59Christine6,134
  5. #60Kristin6,064
  6. #61Shannon5,660
  7. #62Natalie5,630
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 34,499 of them was named Christine, which outranked 84.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christine
  1. #1,425Paden59
  2. #1,425Vidal59
  3. #1,425Yusuf59
  4. #1,433Christine58
  5. #1,433Anna58
  6. #1,433Bart58
  7. #1,433Bjorn58
  8. #1,452Barton57
  9. #1,452Benson57
  10. #1,452Blane57

Tied with 18 names at #1,433; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989