Kristina

#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 5,566 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
136,765
since 1915

Kristina over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #57, 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#1,721118—
2024#1,732117—
2023#1,569135—
2022#1,456152—
2021#1,317171—
2020#1,299170—
2019#1,125215—
2018#1,083233—
2017#967272—
2016#876320—
2015#740380—
2014#774362—
2013#761357—
2012#688409—
2011#648440—
2010#585501—
2009#510591—
2008#496636—
2007#445725—
2006#402799—
2005#349903—
2004#325973—
2003#2981,034—
2002#2731,160—
2001#2491,283—
2000#2181,433—
1999#2151,453—
1998#1921,612—
1997#1631,865—
1996#1482,180#9,0155
1995#1302,437—
1994#1132,875#6,9687
1993#1043,091#7,6386
1992#933,466—
1991#873,876—
1990#774,389#4,16713
1989#654,803#2,54525
1988#684,578#2,36725
1987#625,018#3,73112
1986#624,840#3,13115
1985#575,566#2,71018
1984#684,328#2,82416
1983#634,382#2,57718
1982#704,149#2,42620
1981#724,061#3,03014
1980#734,222#2,83116
1979#744,130#2,31021
1978#644,229#3,40011
1977#833,539#2,36119
1976#972,972#3,09512
1975#1032,747#4,7976
1974#1012,890#3,5589
1973#973,037#5,1015
1972#1122,924#3,15210
1971#1173,057#3,14610
1970#1253,125#2,39915
1969#1362,465#3,3148
1968#1522,135#3,3657
1967#1811,785#3,9665
1966#2051,529—
1965#2301,372—
1964#2811,036—
1963#338777—
1962#375629—
1961#411561—
1960#478423—
1959#516357#3,9885
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1944#1,05355—
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1941#1,88219—
1940#2,02916—
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1936#4,1815—
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Kristina! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kristina is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #75 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 238 girlsAKMaine: #87 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 341 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #60 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 254 girlsNHWashington: #35 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 180 girlsWAIdaho: #73 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 275 girlsIDMontana: #45 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 162 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #89 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 353 girlsNDMinnesota: #81 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 340 girlsMNIllinois: #108 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 481 girlsILWisconsin: #102 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 436 girlsWIMichigan: #75 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 363 girlsMINew York: #145 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 702 girlsNYMassachusetts: #117 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 537 girlsMARhode Island: #136 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 638 girlsRIOregon: #51 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 210 girlsORNevada: #63 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 210 girlsNVWyoming: #94 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 300 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #104 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 394 girlsSDIowa: #55 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 244 girlsIAIndiana: #64 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 284 girlsINOhio: #111 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 512 girlsOHPennsylvania: #132 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 619 girlsPANew Jersey: #110 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 495 girlsNJConnecticut: #135 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 678 girlsCTCalifornia: #78 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 364 girlsCAUtah: #95 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 391 girlsUTColorado: #73 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 290 girlsCONebraska: #101 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 410 girlsNEMissouri: #90 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 396 girlsMOKentucky: #114 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 530 girlsKYWest Virginia: #71 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 302 girlsWVVirginia: #82 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 375 girlsVAMaryland: #92 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 395 girlsMDDelaware: #112 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 391 girlsDEArizona: #109 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 452 girlsAZNew Mexico: #152 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 554 girlsNMKansas: #92 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 365 girlsKSArkansas: #205 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 915 girlsARTennessee: #168 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 808 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #153 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 664 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #150 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 627 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #112 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 390 girlsDCOklahoma: #86 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 360 girlsOKLouisiana: #277 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,307 girlsLAMississippi: #344 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,785 girlsMSAlabama: #232 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsALGeorgia: #160 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 702 girlsGAHawaii: #62 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 249 girlsHITexas: #129 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 578 girlsTXFlorida: #100 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 433 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#35 · 1 in 180
  2. Montana#45 · 1 in 162
  3. Oregon#51 · 1 in 210
  4. Iowa#55 · 1 in 244
  5. New Hampshire#60 · 1 in 254

Best ever in a state: #26 in Alaska, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#351091 in 180
Montana#45251 in 162
Oregon#51621 in 210
Iowa#55691 in 244
New Hampshire#60171 in 254
Hawaii#62181 in 249
Nevada#63121 in 210
Indiana#641231 in 284
West Virginia#71371 in 302
Colorado#73541 in 290
Idaho#73191 in 275
Alaska#7581 in 238
Michigan#751571 in 363
California#783751 in 364
Minnesota#81701 in 340
Virginia#82741 in 375
Oklahoma#86441 in 360
Maine#87171 in 341
North Dakota#89111 in 353
Missouri#90751 in 396
Kansas#92331 in 365
Maryland#92471 in 395
Wyoming#9461 in 300
Utah#95301 in 391
Florida#1001011 in 433
Nebraska#101231 in 410
Wisconsin#102631 in 436
South Dakota#104101 in 394
Illinois#1081451 in 481
Arizona#109341 in 452
New Jersey#110761 in 495
Ohio#1111371 in 512
Delaware#11271 in 391
District of Columbia#112151 in 390
Kentucky#114431 in 530
Massachusetts#117571 in 537
Texas#1291651 in 578
Pennsylvania#1321081 in 619
Connecticut#135211 in 678
Rhode Island#13671 in 638
New York#1451471 in 702
South Carolina#150281 in 627
New Mexico#152141 in 554
North Carolina#153511 in 664
Georgia#160471 in 702
Tennessee#168341 in 808
Arkansas#205141 in 915
Alabama#232201 in 1,127
Louisiana#277191 in 1,307
Mississippi#34491 in 1,785
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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 Kristina
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#1,732 → #1,721)
  • 422 spots since 2020 (#1,299 → #1,721)
  • 981 spots since 2015 (#740 → #1,721)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1945 (#1,053 → #830)
  • Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2016 (#740 → #876)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1985 at #57 (5,566 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1976–1992
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1945–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 309
  • Highest: 1 in 309 girls born in 1985 were named Kristina (0.32%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Kristina (45,947) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,274 (1915)#4,274
1920s10#4,975 (1920)#5,037
1930s36#2,579 (1938)#3,073
1940s993#506 (1949)#1,138
1950s3,279#443 (1952)#499
1960s12,712#136 (1969)#279
1970s32,650#64 (1978)#97
1980s45,947#57 (1985)#66
1990s27,244#77 (1990)#132
2000s9,537#218 (2000)#357
2010s3,489#585 (2010)#825
2020s863#1,299 (2020)#1,516

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.

Kristina in 1974

girls
#101
2,890 births · 1 in 508 girls
boys
#3,558
9 births · 1 in 174,704 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #101Kristina2,890

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #3,558Kristina9
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 508 of them was named Kristina, which outranked 99.0% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristina
  1. #98Kathryn2,991
  2. #99Allison2,959
  3. #100Ann2,928
  4. #101Kristina2,890
  5. #102Kristi2,884
  6. #103Cindy2,852
  7. #104Victoria2,844
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 174,704 of them was named Kristina, which outranked 40.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristina
  1. #3,318Woodie10
  2. #3,318Yisroel10
  3. #3,318Yolanda10
  4. #3,558Kristina9
  5. #3,558Aaren9
  6. #3,558Adren9
  7. #3,558Akiva9
  8. #3,837Abdon8
  9. #3,837Agostino8
  10. #3,837Agron8

Tied with 278 names at #3,558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →