Christina
Christina was given to 352 girls in 2025, #770 among girls’ names; 481,707 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 442,000 Americans named Christina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 36 and 52.
Christina is the #49 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Christina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Christina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Christina is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “Christian (woman)” (Chrīstiāna).
Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.
/kɹɪsˈtiːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Christina?
#770 among girls’ names, 2025
Christina fell from #333 in 2015 to #770 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.55 to 0.22 per 1,000.
16,686 babies in 1985, the peak
Christina peaked in 1985, when 16,686 babies were given it (16,600 girls, #12 among girls’ names). The 352 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 352 | #770 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 399 | #705 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 405 | #702 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 397 | #733 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 475 | #627 | 0.29 |
| 2020 | 481 | #607 | 0.30 |
| 2019 | 596 | #522 | 0.36 |
| 2018 | 728 | #434 | 0.43 |
| 2017 | 786 | #398 | 0.46 |
| 2016 | 850 | #389 | 0.48 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 983 | #333 | 0.55 |
| 2014 | 1,030 | #321 | 0.58 |
| 2013 | 1,071 | #299 | 0.61 |
| 2012 | 1,125 | #283 | 0.64 |
| 2011 | 1,184 | #269 | 0.67 |
| 2010 | 1,289 | #247 | 0.73 |
| 2009 | 1,472 | #221 | 0.80 |
| 2008 | 1,678 | #200 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 2,025 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 2,230 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 2,452 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,736 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 3,117 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 2002 | 3,391 | #97 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 3,742 | #80 | 2.1 |
| 2000 | 4,332 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 1999 | 4,296 | #75 | 2.4 |
| 1998 | 4,533 | #69 | 2.6 |
| 1997 | 5,182 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1996 | 5,804 | #57 | 3.3 |
| 1995 | 6,953 | #45 | 4.0 |
| 1994 | 7,668 | #39 | 4.3 |
| 1993 | 8,289 | #35 | 4.6 |
| 1992 | 9,444 | #33 | 5.1 |
| 1991 | 10,564 | #31 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 11,927 | #25 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 13,141 | #23 | 7.1 |
| 1988 | 12,954 | #22 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 13,816 | #20 | 7.9 |
| 1986 | 14,384 | #19 | 8.4 |
| 1985 | 16,600 | #12 | 9.6 |
| 1984 | 14,705 | #20 | 8.7 |
| 1983 | 15,357 | #16 | 9.2 |
| 1982 | 14,518 | #19 | 8.6 |
| 1981 | 14,392 | #17 | 8.6 |
| 1980 | 16,141 | #15 | 9.7 |
| 1979 | 16,454 | #14 | 10.3 |
| 1978 | 16,367 | #15 | 10.7 |
| 1977 | 14,501 | #16 | 9.5 |
| 1976 | 14,033 | #14 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 12,980 | #12 | 8.9 |
| 1974 | 10,849 | #16 | 7.4 |
| 1973 | 10,888 | #16 | 7.5 |
| 1972 | 10,172 | #26 | 6.7 |
| 1971 | 9,915 | #30 | 6.0 |
| 1970 | 9,588 | #35 | 5.5 |
| 1969 | 9,323 | #37 | 5.5 |
| 1968 | 8,016 | #44 | 4.9 |
| 1967 | 6,600 | #53 | 4.0 |
| 1966 | 5,341 | #67 | 3.2 |
| 1965 | 4,979 | #74 | 2.8 |
| 1964 | 4,701 | #88 | 2.5 |
| 1963 | 4,028 | #107 | 2.1 |
| 1962 | 3,624 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1961 | 3,467 | #132 | 1.7 |
| 1960 | 2,711 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1959 | 2,348 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1958 | 2,309 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1957 | 2,251 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 2,112 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 1,811 | #184 | 0.93 |
| 1954 | 1,387 | #214 | 0.71 |
| 1953 | 1,772 | #177 | 0.94 |
| 1952 | 2,169 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | 1,960 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 1950 | 1,725 | #165 | 1.0 |
| 1949 | 1,832 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1948 | 1,493 | #184 | 0.88 |
| 1947 | 1,284 | #207 | 0.72 |
| 1946 | 964 | #231 | 0.61 |
| 1945 | 776 | #238 | 0.59 |
| 1944 | 760 | #237 | 0.57 |
| 1943 | 580 | #288 | 0.42 |
| 1942 | 433 | #335 | 0.32 |
| 1941 | 373 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1940 | 344 | #350 | 0.30 |
| 1939 | 262 | #418 | 0.24 |
| 1938 | 291 | #393 | 0.26 |
| 1937 | 250 | #410 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 253 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 274 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1934 | 284 | #376 | 0.27 |
| 1933 | 271 | #393 | 0.27 |
| 1932 | 251 | #411 | 0.24 |
| 1931 | 292 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1930 | 317 | #386 | 0.28 |
| 1929 | 333 | #365 | 0.30 |
| 1928 | 371 | #352 | 0.32 |
| 1927 | 342 | #372 | 0.29 |
| 1926 | 349 | #357 | 0.29 |
| 1925 | 375 | #350 | 0.31 |
| 1924 | 385 | #345 | 0.31 |
| 1923 | 357 | #351 | 0.30 |
| 1922 | 372 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1921 | 383 | #337 | 0.31 |
| 1920 | 384 | #333 | 0.32 |
| 1919 | 386 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1918 | 346 | #353 | 0.30 |
| 1917 | 361 | #325 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 346 | #326 | 0.33 |
| 1915 | 339 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1914 | 291 | #306 | 0.38 |
| 1913 | 216 | #326 | 0.35 |
| 1912 | 202 | #322 | 0.36 |
| 1911 | 148 | #325 | 0.35 |
| 1910 | 130 | #348 | 0.33 |
| 1909 | 120 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1908 | 118 | #326 | 0.35 |
| 1907 | 128 | #307 | 0.40 |
| 1906 | 120 | #305 | 0.41 |
| 1905 | 118 | #308 | 0.40 |
| 1904 | 123 | #290 | 0.45 |
| 1903 | 90 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1902 | 111 | #301 | 0.42 |
| 1901 | 110 | #283 | 0.46 |
| 1900 | 132 | #283 | 0.44 |
| 1899 | 112 | #270 | 0.48 |
| 1898 | 131 | #263 | 0.51 |
| 1897 | 120 | #259 | 0.51 |
| 1896 | 118 | #264 | 0.50 |
| 1895 | 126 | #249 | 0.54 |
| 1894 | 121 | #245 | 0.54 |
| 1893 | 139 | #219 | 0.65 |
| 1892 | 127 | #230 | 0.60 |
| 1891 | 124 | #215 | 0.67 |
| 1890 | 139 | #200 | 0.73 |
| 1889 | 142 | #190 | 0.80 |
| 1888 | 114 | #215 | 0.64 |
| 1887 | 92 | #217 | 0.63 |
| 1886 | 98 | #199 | 0.68 |
| 1885 | 107 | #178 | 0.80 |
| 1884 | 83 | #209 | 0.64 |
| 1883 | 69 | #211 | 0.61 |
| 1882 | 64 | #209 | 0.59 |
| 1881 | 82 | #163 | 0.89 |
| 1880 | 65 | #187 | 0.71 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Christina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Christina has been given almost only to girls: 1,989 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Christina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Christina, and how old are they?
442,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 481,707 Americans ever recorded as Christina. The median Christina alive today is 44 years old; half are between 36 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 423,584 people named Christina (423,090 women and girls, 494 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 448,181 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,330 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 35,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 165,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 186,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 44,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,500 |
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 Christina born?
The states with the most babies named Christina are California, New York and Texas, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 69,288 | #915 | 1.3× |
| New York | 42,777 | #737 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 34,361 | #692 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 24,431 | #828 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 24,406 | #1,501 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 22,488 | #1,280 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 22,343 | #601 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 17,534 | #877 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 16,893 | #586 | 1.2× |
| Indiana | 12,341 | #584 | 1.0× |
Where Christina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Christina is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.3 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 Christina 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 1,231,422 babies since 1880, Christina is the second most given (39% of them). In 2025 it was given to 352 of their 718 babies (49%), the most given that year.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine | 588,495 | 176 | 1952 |
| Christina | 481,707 | 352 | 1985 |
| Kristina | 137,118 | 118 | 1985 |
| Christiana | 10,938 | 58 | 1996 |
| Christene | 4,916 | under 5 | 1925 |
| Christianna | 3,141 | 14 | 2000 |
| Christena | 2,844 | under 5 | 1975 |
| Christiane | 2,263 | under 5 | 1971 |
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 Christina
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 Christina and names like it
- Compare Christina and ChristineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sChristina peaked in 1985.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Christina since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Christina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1985The year the most babies were named Christina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Christina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.