Girls' name · since 1963
Chistina
Chistina has 282 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chistina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 282 recorded since 1963.
Chistina has 282 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1993.
- #16,437 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 282 born since 1963
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chistina ranks #16,437 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 282 born since 1963, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chistina's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Chistina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chistina's full recorded timeline at 1980, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chistina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1993
- Peak year (1981)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Chistina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (133 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Chistina's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Chistina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s
1980s
133 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 133 births (47% of all-time use).
Chistina by state
Where Chistina concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 38 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
38 of 282 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Chistina's data
- Chistina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chistinas (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chistina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chistina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.