Christin — #15469 US unisex name
11,199 babies named Christin in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Christin was born in this single decade.
926 babies were named Christin in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christin
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,199 babies named Christin between 1931 and 2024, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christin currently holds the #15469 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 926 babies received it in a single year. Christin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,018 additional births since 1964.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5,322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Christin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 961 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Christin in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christin 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 11,199 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.
Christin at a glance
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Current rank
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Christin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1931
- Peak year (1989)
- 926
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
Currently ranks #15469 among girls.
11,199 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 926 births in a single year.
Christin popularity over time — boys
1,018 total births recorded since 1964 (Christin as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Christin accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Christin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5,322 births that decade — 48% of Christin's all-time total
Christin decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,322 births
- Runner-up 2,319 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Christin's strongest decade
5,322 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Christin by state
Where Christin concentrates geographically — total births since 1931
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 961 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 892 | 8.0% |
| #3 | California | | 826 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 519 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 474 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 456 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 379 | 3.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 377 | 3.4% |
961 of 11,199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
- Florida 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Christin appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1931–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.