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

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Peak · girls
1966 · 3,314 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,329
since 1916

Kristine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kristine has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #104, 1966girls
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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#3,21149
2024#3,82239
2023#3,32948
2022#3,76540
2021#3,00255
2020#3,49843
2019#2,78460
2018#2,50870
2017#2,50871
2016#2,32181
2015#2,38277
2014#2,13989
2013#1,953101
2012#1,918103
2011#1,829110
2010#1,658128
2009#1,602140
2008#1,479158
2007#1,365177
2006#1,335174
2005#1,216187
2004#1,082212
2003#1,117197
2002#986223
2001#879261
2000#741312
1999#775284
1998#635365
1997#608373
1996#499480
1995#477517
1994#386657
1993#329797
1992#316875
1991#279997#8,2365
1990#2371,196
1989#1941,379#5,6158
1988#1961,376
1987#1991,369#6,9515
1986#1911,369#4,4579
1985#1881,441#4,6988
1984#1961,359#5,5616
1983#2041,259
1982#2141,233#6,3855
1981#1961,362#4,5098
1980#1891,424#4,4958
1979#1831,455
1978#1571,732
1977#1741,564
1976#1871,357#4,9356
1975#1691,559
1974#1471,863#4,6346
1973#1332,148#2,60614
1972#1272,370#2,99111
1971#1202,963#3,9637
1970#1093,532#3,2829
1969#1103,322#2,30814
1968#1053,411#3,3657
1967#1063,292#3,2317
1966#1043,314#2,62710
1965#1203,162#3,5376
1964#1712,290#2,8549
1963#2031,747
1962#2381,329
1961#2611,174#3,3567
1960#2731,084
1959#2781,020
1958#2671,082#3,9445
1957#282986
1956#273995
1955#274992
1954#289866
1953#2281,247
1952#1651,885#3,7345
1951#1721,755
1950#2141,247
1949#2191,174
1948#2311,033
1947#291718
1946#360446
1945#501213
1944#582158
1943#686123
1942#81488
1941#94261
1940#1,31332
1939#1,29133
1938#1,47526
1937#2,10115
1936#1,80118
1935#2,73110
1934#3,1598
1933
1932#4,4115
1931#3,4977
1930
1929#4,5705
1928#4,7255
1927#3,8757
1926#3,5648
1925#3,3629
1924#4,0027
1923#4,3766
1922#4,4456
1921#3,16410
1920#3,3409
1919#4,2516
1918#3,2449
1917#3,3448
1916#3,9196
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First appearance
1916

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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 372 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 999 girlsNHWashington: #165 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 850 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #115 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 533 girlsNDMinnesota: #81 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 395 girlsMNIllinois: #132 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 739 girlsILWisconsin: #118 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 606 girlsWIMichigan: #153 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 897 girlsMINew York: #163 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 904 girlsNYMassachusetts: #159 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 877 girlsMARhode Island: #170 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 843 girlsRIOregon: #157 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 808 girlsORNevada: #209 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #152 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 677 girlsSDIowa: #142 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 725 girlsIAIndiana: #207 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,217 girlsINOhio: #172 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsOHPennsylvania: #216 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsPANew Jersey: #157 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 893 girlsNJConnecticut: #159 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 866 girlsCTCalifornia: #205 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 1,117 girlsCAUtah: #204 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 998 girlsUTColorado: #176 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 992 girlsCONebraska: #184 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 952 girlsNEMissouri: #199 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsMOKentucky: #470 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,191 girlsKYWest Virginia: #285 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,889 girlsWVVirginia: #285 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,775 girlsVAMaryland: #256 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,635 girlsMDDelaware: #143 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 635 girlsDEArizona: #268 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,464 girlsAZNew Mexico: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,579 girlsNMKansas: #196 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,115 girlsKSArkansas: #332 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,069 girlsARTennessee: #478 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,936 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #359 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #368 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,348 girlsOKLouisiana: #345 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,014 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristine, so not publishedMSAlabama: #559 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,268 girlsALGeorgia: #269 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,638 girlsGAHawaii: #91 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 375 girlsHITexas: #258 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 1,513 girlsTXFlorida: #173 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 1,054 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#81 · 1 in 395
  2. Hawaii#91 · 1 in 375
  3. Alaska#94 · 1 in 372
  4. North Dakota#115 · 1 in 533
  5. Wisconsin#118 · 1 in 606

Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#81701 in 395
Hawaii#91131 in 375
Alaska#94101 in 372
North Dakota#11581 in 533
Wisconsin#118491 in 606
Illinois#132961 in 739
Iowa#142221 in 725
Delaware#14351 in 635
South Dakota#15261 in 677
Michigan#153631 in 897
New Jersey#157471 in 893
Oregon#157191 in 808
Connecticut#159201 in 866
Massachusetts#159401 in 877
New York#1631201 in 904
Washington#165321 in 850
Rhode Island#17061 in 843
Ohio#172641 in 1,062
Florida#173631 in 1,054
New Hampshire#17361 in 999
Colorado#176221 in 992
Nebraska#184101 in 952
Kansas#196131 in 1,115
Missouri#199271 in 1,163
Utah#204141 in 998
California#2051861 in 1,117
Indiana#207271 in 1,217
Nevada#20951 in 1,016
Pennsylvania#216491 in 1,403
Maryland#256151 in 1,635
Texas#258871 in 1,513
Arizona#268161 in 1,464
Georgia#269231 in 1,638
Virginia#285191 in 1,775
West Virginia#28551 in 1,889
New Mexico#32461 in 1,579
Arkansas#33261 in 2,069
Louisiana#345141 in 2,014
North Carolina#359141 in 2,540
Oklahoma#36881 in 2,348
South Carolina#37971 in 2,530
Kentucky#47051 in 4,191
Tennessee#47871 in 3,936
Alabama#55951 in 4,268
District of Columbia
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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 Kristine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1966 at #104 (3,314 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1941–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 481
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 28.6% of all girls named Kristine (24,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s29#3,244 (1918)#3,690
1920s72#3,164 (1921)#3,942
1930s122#1,291 (1939)#2,558
1940s4,046#219 (1949)#594
1950s12,075#165 (1952)#244
1960s24,125#104 (1966)#169
1970s20,543#109 (1970)#151
1980s13,571#188 (1985)#197
1990s6,541#237 (1990)#454
2000s2,041#741 (2000)#1,180
2010s890#1,658 (2010)#2,200
2020s274#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 1986

girls
#191
1,369 births · 1 in 1,253 girls
boys
#4,457
9 births · 1 in 204,613 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #191Kristine1,369

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #4,457Kristine9
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 1,253 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 98.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #188Michele1,424
  2. #189Britney1,404
  3. #190Stefanie1,389
  4. #191Kristine1,369
  5. #192Virginia1,367
  6. #193Carla1,344
  7. #194Cara1,338
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 204,613 of them was named Kristine, which outranked 43.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristine
  1. #4,130Zackory10
  2. #4,130Zebedee10
  3. #4,130Zvi10
  4. #4,457Kristine9
  5. #4,457Abdur9
  6. #4,457Abhishek9
  7. #4,457Adel9
  8. #4,853Abdel8
  9. #4,853Abelino8
  10. #4,853Abimael8

Tied with 395 names at #4,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986