Christene
Christene was last recorded in 2009, when 5 babies were given it; 4,916 Americans have been recorded with it between 1888 and 2009 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,370 Americans named Christene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 52 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Christene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Christene mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Christene is “a female given name.”
Rare non-standard spelling of Christine.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Christene?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,897, in 2009; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
118 babies in 1925, the peak
Christene peaked in 1925, when 118 girls were given it, #682 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #17,897 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,537 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,959 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,850 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,780 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,089 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,955 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,322 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,702 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | #13,893 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,086 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,501 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,263 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,262 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,598 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,151 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,056 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,638 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,632 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,351 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,029 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,082 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,012 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,487 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,950 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,287 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,213 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,812 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,668 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,860 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,434 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,712 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,546 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 78 | #1,270 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 62 | #1,437 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,539 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,575 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,264 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,687 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,684 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,498 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,521 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,471 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,487 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,395 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 75 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 69 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 91 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 64 | #1,120 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 69 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 66 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 56 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 75 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 69 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 66 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 79 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 82 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 75 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 74 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 84 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 112 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 70 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 95 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 102 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 98 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 88 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 96 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 92 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 80 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 118 | #682 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 98 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 90 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 75 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 76 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 63 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 89 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 60 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 55 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 49 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,413 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,633 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,560 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,736 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,512 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,723 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,163 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Christene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Christene has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 107 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Christene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Christene, and how old are they?
2,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 4,916 Americans ever recorded as Christene. The median Christene alive today is 64 years old; half are between 52 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 2,275 people named Christene (2,273 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,789 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 387 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 874 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 743 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 316 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 40 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Christene born?
The states with the most babies named Christene are Texas, Arkansas and Georgia, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 736 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Arkansas | 315 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Georgia | 220 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Mississippi | 176 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| California | 174 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 156 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 91 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 90 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 85 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 79 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Christene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Christene is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 4.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Christene with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,081,249 babies since 1880, Christene is the third most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 528 babies recorded by SSA was a Christene (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine | 588,495 | 176 | 1952 |
| Christina | 481,707 | 352 | 1985 |
| Christene | 4,916 | under 5 | 1925 |
| Christena | 2,844 | under 5 | 1975 |
| Christiane | 2,263 | under 5 | 1971 |
| Christyna | 393 | under 5 | 1985 |
| Chrystine | 356 | under 5 | 1951 |
| Christeena | 275 | under 5 | 1987 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Christene
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Christene and names like it
- Compare Christene and ChristineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sChristene peaked in 1925.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Christene since 1910.
- The top names of 1925The year the most babies were named Christene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Christene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.