Christena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Christena

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,844 babies named Christena between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Christena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Christena in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,844 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.