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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #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
1958#517350
1957#507353
1956#499351
1955#481356
1954#541269
1953#551251
1952#443377
1951#455333
1950#483282
1949#506257
1948#566216
1947#678153
1946#698133
1945#83082
1944#1,05355
1943#1,27541
1942#1,86021
1941#1,88219
1940#2,02916
1939#2,59211
1938#2,57911
1937#2,9409
1936#4,1815
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1915#4,2745
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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 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #48 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 196 girlsAKMaine: #70 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 299 girlsMEVermont: #66 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 240 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #82 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 334 girlsNHWashington: #51 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 251 girlsWAIdaho: #54 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 245 girlsIDMontana: #62 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 264 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #67 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 272 girlsNDMinnesota: #48 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 203 girlsMNIllinois: #66 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 340 girlsILWisconsin: #68 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 350 girlsWIMichigan: #52 for girls · 218 births · 1 in 269 girlsMINew York: #86 for girls · 237 births · 1 in 428 girlsNYMassachusetts: #102 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 486 girlsMARhode Island: #84 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 371 girlsRIOregon: #50 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 246 girlsORNevada: #45 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 190 girlsNVWyoming: #155 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 657 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #100 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 409 girlsSDIowa: #62 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 277 girlsIAIndiana: #55 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 262 girlsINOhio: #60 for girls · 233 births · 1 in 310 girlsOHPennsylvania: #96 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 465 girlsPANew Jersey: #79 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 365 girlsNJConnecticut: #58 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 261 girlsCTCalifornia: #66 for girls · 502 births · 1 in 361 girlsCAUtah: #70 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 375 girlsUTColorado: #57 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 266 girlsCONebraska: #67 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 302 girlsNEMissouri: #67 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 334 girlsMOKentucky: #115 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 555 girlsKYWest Virginia: #66 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 320 girlsWVVirginia: #74 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 334 girlsVAMaryland: #72 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 328 girlsMDDelaware: #76 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 300 girlsDEArizona: #69 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 333 girlsAZNew Mexico: #88 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 405 girlsNMKansas: #82 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 387 girlsKSArkansas: #111 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 489 girlsARTennessee: #127 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 634 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #107 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 502 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #98 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 417 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #60 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 251 girlsDCOklahoma: #104 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 457 girlsOKLouisiana: #146 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 696 girlsLAMississippi: #175 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 792 girlsMSAlabama: #141 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 711 girlsALGeorgia: #103 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 490 girlsGAHawaii: #47 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 221 girlsHITexas: #99 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 511 girlsTXFlorida: #55 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 289 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#45 · 1 in 190
  2. Hawaii#47 · 1 in 221
  3. Alaska#48 · 1 in 196
  4. Minnesota#48 · 1 in 203
  5. Oregon#50 · 1 in 246

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#45231 in 190
Hawaii#47221 in 221
Alaska#48151 in 196
Minnesota#481431 in 203
Oregon#50691 in 246
Washington#511101 in 251
Michigan#522181 in 269
Idaho#54281 in 245
Florida#551871 in 289
Indiana#551331 in 262
Colorado#57781 in 266
Connecticut#58591 in 261
District of Columbia#60231 in 251
Ohio#602331 in 310
Iowa#62701 in 277
Montana#62181 in 264
California#665021 in 361
Illinois#662211 in 340
Vermont#66111 in 240
West Virginia#66361 in 320
Missouri#67961 in 334
Nebraska#67361 in 302
North Dakota#67181 in 272
Wisconsin#68891 in 350
Arizona#69601 in 333
Maine#70211 in 299
Utah#70431 in 375
Maryland#72641 in 328
Virginia#74901 in 334
Delaware#76101 in 300
New Jersey#791021 in 365
Kansas#82401 in 387
New Hampshire#82161 in 334
Rhode Island#84121 in 371
New York#862371 in 428
New Mexico#88231 in 405
Pennsylvania#961491 in 465
South Carolina#98431 in 417
Texas#992421 in 511
South Dakota#100111 in 409
Massachusetts#102651 in 486
Georgia#103711 in 490
Oklahoma#104441 in 457
North Carolina#107661 in 502
Arkansas#111261 in 489
Kentucky#115431 in 555
Tennessee#127441 in 634
Alabama#141321 in 711
Louisiana#146441 in 696
Wyoming#15551 in 657
Mississippi#175201 in 792

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 1981

girls
#72
4,061 births · 1 in 411 girls
boys
#3,030
14 births · 1 in 127,941 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #72Kristina4,061

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #3,030Kristina14
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 411 of them was named Kristina, which outranked 99.4% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristina
  1. #69Latoya4,266
  2. #70Dana4,246
  3. #71Susan4,244
  4. #72Kristina4,061
  5. #73Catherine4,057
  6. #74Sandra4,037
  7. #75Diana3,971
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 127,941 of them was named Kristina, which outranked 58.4% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristina
  1. #2,898Wyman15
  2. #2,898Yasin15
  3. #2,898Yolanda15
  4. #3,030Kristina14
  5. #3,030Able14
  6. #3,030Aden14
  7. #3,030Adrean14
  8. #3,221Adolphus13
  9. #3,221Akiva13
  10. #3,221Alistair13

Tied with 190 names at #3,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981