Christina — #703 US girls' name
479,359 babies named Christina in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Christina was born in this single decade.
16,600 babies were named Christina in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christina
The Social Security Administration has registered 479,359 babies named Christina between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christina currently holds the #703 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 16,600 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 146,011 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Christina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68,901 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Christina in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christina 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 479,359 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.
Christina at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Christina popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1985)
- 16,600
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #703 among girls.
479,359 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 16,600 births in a single year.
Christina popularity over time — boys
1,989 total births recorded since 1929 (Christina as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Christina accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Christina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 146,011 births that decade — 30% of Christina's all-time total
Christina decade highlights
- Peak decade 146,011 births
- Runner-up 125,750 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Christina's strongest decade
146,011 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Christina by state
Where Christina concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 68,901 | 14.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 42,618 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 34,212 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 24,393 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 24,374 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 22,469 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 22,298 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 17,514 | 3.7% |
68,901 of 479,359 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.4% of nationwide
- New York 8.9% of nationwide
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Christina appears in 51 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, 1880–2024 (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.