Kristine
#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 3,314 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,329since 1916
Kristine over time
Rank among girls' names. Kristine has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #3,211 | 49 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,002 | 55 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,918 | 103 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,829 | 110 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,658 | 128 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,602 | 140 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,479 | 158 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,365 | 177 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,335 | 174 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,216 | 187 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,082 | 212 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,117 | 197 | — | |
| 2002 | #986 | 223 | — | |
| 2001 | #879 | 261 | — | |
| 2000 | #741 | 312 | — | |
| 1999 | #775 | 284 | — | |
| 1998 | #635 | 365 | — | |
| 1997 | #608 | 373 | — | |
| 1996 | #499 | 480 | — | |
| 1995 | #477 | 517 | — | |
| 1994 | #386 | 657 | — | |
| 1993 | #329 | 797 | — | |
| 1992 | #316 | 875 | — | |
| 1991 | #279 | 997 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #237 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1989 | #194 | 1,379 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #196 | 1,376 | — | |
| 1987 | #199 | 1,369 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #191 | 1,369 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #188 | 1,441 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #196 | 1,359 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #204 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1982 | #214 | 1,233 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #196 | 1,362 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #189 | 1,424 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #183 | 1,455 | — | |
| 1978 | #157 | 1,732 | — | |
| 1977 | #174 | 1,564 | — | |
| 1976 | #187 | 1,357 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #169 | 1,559 | — | |
| 1974 | #147 | 1,863 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #133 | 2,148 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #127 | 2,370 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #120 | 2,963 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #109 | 3,532 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #110 | 3,322 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #105 | 3,411 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #106 | 3,292 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #104 | 3,314 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #120 | 3,162 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #171 | 2,290 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #203 | 1,747 | — | |
| 1962 | #238 | 1,329 | — | |
| 1961 | #261 | 1,174 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #273 | 1,084 | — | |
| 1959 | #278 | 1,020 | — | |
| 1958 | #267 | 1,082 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #282 | 986 | — | |
| 1956 | #273 | 995 | — | |
| 1955 | #274 | 992 | — | |
| 1954 | #289 | 866 | — | |
| 1953 | #228 | 1,247 | — | |
| 1952 | #165 | 1,885 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #172 | 1,755 | — | |
| 1950 | #214 | 1,247 | — | |
| 1949 | #219 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1948 | #231 | 1,033 | — | |
| 1947 | #291 | 718 | — | |
| 1946 | #360 | 446 | — | |
| 1945 | #501 | 213 | — | |
| 1944 | #582 | 158 | — | |
| 1943 | #686 | 123 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #942 | 61 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Kristine! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kristine is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#45 · 1 in 189
- South Dakota#48 · 1 in 182
- Wisconsin#48 · 1 in 204
- Iowa#57 · 1 in 245
- Nebraska#57 · 1 in 246
Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #45 | 127 | 1 in 189 |
| South Dakota | #48 | 21 | 1 in 182 |
| Wisconsin | #48 | 135 | 1 in 204 |
| Iowa | #57 | 71 | 1 in 245 |
| Nebraska | #57 | 38 | 1 in 246 |
| Montana | #58 | 19 | 1 in 204 |
| Alaska | #61 | 10 | 1 in 210 |
| Wyoming | #64 | 8 | 1 in 217 |
| Delaware | #65 | 13 | 1 in 236 |
| North Dakota | #65 | 17 | 1 in 233 |
| Hawaii | #71 | 17 | 1 in 262 |
| Idaho | #79 | 16 | 1 in 296 |
| Colorado | #87 | 44 | 1 in 358 |
| Washington | #87 | 55 | 1 in 349 |
| Rhode Island | #89 | 15 | 1 in 346 |
| Utah | #89 | 29 | 1 in 363 |
| New Jersey | #92 | 101 | 1 in 403 |
| Connecticut | #95 | 39 | 1 in 406 |
| Massachusetts | #96 | 79 | 1 in 433 |
| Oregon | #99 | 34 | 1 in 372 |
| Nevada | #101 | 8 | 1 in 342 |
| Michigan | #102 | 132 | 1 in 469 |
| New York | #105 | 234 | 1 in 474 |
| Illinois | #106 | 170 | 1 in 439 |
| Pennsylvania | #111 | 137 | 1 in 526 |
| California | #121 | 255 | 1 in 538 |
| Kansas | #126 | 24 | 1 in 513 |
| New Hampshire | #137 | 7 | 1 in 635 |
| Indiana | #139 | 61 | 1 in 607 |
| Ohio | #148 | 106 | 1 in 702 |
| Maryland | #152 | 31 | 1 in 664 |
| Arizona | #158 | 22 | 1 in 658 |
| Missouri | #160 | 41 | 1 in 763 |
| Florida | #165 | 56 | 1 in 794 |
| Maine | #193 | 7 | 1 in 935 |
| District of Columbia | #221 | 8 | 1 in 926 |
| New Mexico | #234 | 8 | 1 in 955 |
| Virginia | #255 | 21 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Louisiana | #271 | 20 | 1 in 1,326 |
| West Virginia | #280 | 7 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Kentucky | #310 | 12 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Georgia | #334 | 17 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Alabama | #340 | 12 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Texas | #343 | 51 | 1 in 1,890 |
| North Carolina | #362 | 14 | 1 in 2,621 |
| Oklahoma | #374 | 7 | 1 in 2,329 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 7 | 1 in 4,044 |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Kristine
- 611 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #3,211)
- 287 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #3,211)
- 829 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #3,211)
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1941 (#1,313 → #942)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1999 (#635 → #775)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1966 at #104 (3,314 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1941–2002
- Highest: 1 in 481 girls born in 1968 were named Kristine (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #104 in 1966, was only 1 in 511 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.6% of all girls named Kristine (24,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #3,244 (1918) | #3,690 |
| 1920s | 72 | #3,164 (1921) | #3,942 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,291 (1939) | #2,558 |
| 1940s | 4,046 | #219 (1949) | #594 |
| 1950s | 12,075 | #165 (1952) | #244 |
| 1960s | 24,125 | #104 (1966) | #169 |
| 1970s | 20,543 | #109 (1970) | #151 |
| 1980s | 13,571 | #188 (1985) | #197 |
| 1990s | 6,541 | #237 (1990) | #454 |
| 2000s | 2,041 | #741 (2000) | #1,180 |
| 2010s | 890 | #1,658 (2010) | #2,200 |
| 2020s | 274 | #3,002 (2021) | #3,438 |
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.
Kristine in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 642 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 98.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 147,419 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 48.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,819Ysidro12
- #2,819Zechariah12
- #2,819Zenon12
- #2,991Kristine11
- #2,991Able11
- #2,991Aldon11
- #2,991Alistair11
- #3,152Aden10
- #3,152Adrion10
- #3,152Aidan10
Tied with 160 names at #2,991; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.