Christine
Christine was given to 176 girls in 2025, #1,274 among girls’ names; 588,495 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 457,000 Americans named Christine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 47 and 68.
Christine is the #44 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 Christine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Christine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Christine is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina.
/ˌkɹɪˈstiːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Christine?
#1,274 among girls’ names, 2025
Christine fell from #790 in 2015 to #1,274 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.20 to 0.11 per 1,000.
17,577 babies in 1952, the peak
Christine peaked in 1952, when 17,577 babies were given it (17,548 girls, #20 among girls’ names). The 176 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | #1,274 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 198 | #1,197 | 0.12 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,170 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,122 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,139 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 248 | #1,015 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 287 | #923 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 291 | #922 | 0.17 |
| 2017 | 350 | #786 | 0.20 |
| 2016 | 390 | #727 | 0.22 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 357 | #790 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 410 | #690 | 0.23 |
| 2013 | 398 | #704 | 0.23 |
| 2012 | 434 | #656 | 0.25 |
| 2011 | 381 | #725 | 0.22 |
| 2010 | 433 | #669 | 0.24 |
| 2009 | 491 | #615 | 0.27 |
| 2008 | 569 | #542 | 0.30 |
| 2007 | 618 | #512 | 0.32 |
| 2006 | 731 | #436 | 0.38 |
| 2005 | 793 | #396 | 0.43 |
| 2004 | 844 | #370 | 0.46 |
| 2003 | 942 | #335 | 0.52 |
| 2002 | 1,027 | #304 | 0.57 |
| 2001 | 1,247 | #255 | 0.69 |
| 2000 | 1,442 | #217 | 0.79 |
| 1999 | 1,500 | #204 | 0.85 |
| 1998 | 1,715 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,942 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 2,371 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 2,815 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 1994 | 3,163 | #104 | 1.8 |
| 1993 | 3,477 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 1992 | 4,150 | #82 | 2.3 |
| 1991 | 4,806 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1990 | 5,679 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1989 | 6,134 | #59 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 6,612 | #51 | 3.7 |
| 1987 | 6,620 | #48 | 3.8 |
| 1986 | 6,917 | #47 | 4.0 |
| 1985 | 7,441 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 7,299 | #43 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | 6,499 | #47 | 3.9 |
| 1982 | 6,555 | #46 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 6,854 | #42 | 4.1 |
| 1980 | 7,085 | #41 | 4.3 |
| 1979 | 7,689 | #35 | 4.8 |
| 1978 | 8,272 | #29 | 5.4 |
| 1977 | 7,886 | #30 | 5.1 |
| 1976 | 8,111 | #26 | 5.5 |
| 1975 | 9,103 | #22 | 6.2 |
| 1974 | 9,901 | #19 | 6.7 |
| 1973 | 10,549 | #17 | 7.2 |
| 1972 | 11,986 | #16 | 7.9 |
| 1971 | 13,678 | #18 | 8.2 |
| 1970 | 16,061 | #14 | 9.2 |
| 1969 | 16,752 | #14 | 9.9 |
| 1968 | 16,525 | #14 | 10.1 |
| 1967 | 15,991 | #14 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 15,546 | #20 | 9.2 |
| 1965 | 15,204 | #21 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 14,270 | #28 | 7.5 |
| 1963 | 13,387 | #29 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 11,196 | #39 | 5.7 |
| 1961 | 10,598 | #39 | 5.3 |
| 1960 | 9,874 | #40 | 4.9 |
| 1959 | 9,471 | #43 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 10,062 | #43 | 5.0 |
| 1957 | 9,575 | #41 | 4.7 |
| 1956 | 9,371 | #42 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 9,042 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 1954 | 8,788 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 1953 | 11,793 | #32 | 6.3 |
| 1952 | 17,548 | #20 | 9.5 |
| 1951 | 15,017 | #24 | 8.3 |
| 1950 | 12,673 | #28 | 7.4 |
| 1949 | 11,797 | #30 | 6.9 |
| 1948 | 9,677 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1947 | 8,379 | #45 | 4.7 |
| 1946 | 6,202 | #50 | 3.9 |
| 1945 | 4,077 | #62 | 3.1 |
| 1944 | 3,584 | #75 | 2.7 |
| 1943 | 3,316 | #84 | 2.4 |
| 1942 | 2,900 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 1941 | 2,471 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 2,162 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1939 | 1,985 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1938 | 1,843 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1937 | 1,742 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 1936 | 1,723 | #131 | 1.7 |
| 1935 | 1,744 | #130 | 1.7 |
| 1934 | 1,920 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 1933 | 1,794 | #128 | 1.8 |
| 1932 | 1,859 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1931 | 1,884 | #125 | 1.8 |
| 1930 | 1,995 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1929 | 2,013 | #123 | 1.8 |
| 1928 | 2,177 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1927 | 2,346 | #117 | 2.0 |
| 1926 | 2,213 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1925 | 2,254 | #123 | 1.9 |
| 1924 | 2,325 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1923 | 2,257 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1922 | 2,267 | #116 | 1.9 |
| 1921 | 2,301 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1920 | 2,181 | #118 | 1.8 |
| 1919 | 2,111 | #116 | 1.9 |
| 1918 | 2,014 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1917 | 1,843 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1916 | 1,787 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 1915 | 1,625 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1914 | 1,374 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1913 | 1,045 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1912 | 944 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1911 | 686 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1910 | 665 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1909 | 524 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 504 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1907 | 452 | #145 | 1.4 |
| 1906 | 408 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1905 | 344 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 325 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1903 | 363 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 323 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1901 | 275 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1900 | 383 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 299 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1898 | 302 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1897 | 281 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1896 | 274 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1895 | 295 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 267 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 244 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 222 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 161 | #185 | 0.87 |
| 1890 | 220 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1889 | 189 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1888 | 170 | #170 | 1.0 |
| 1887 | 161 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1886 | 151 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1885 | 132 | #159 | 1.0 |
| 1884 | 129 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1883 | 103 | #163 | 0.92 |
| 1882 | 75 | #183 | 0.70 |
| 1881 | 67 | #185 | 0.73 |
| 1880 | 89 | #153 | 1.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Christine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Christine has been given almost only to girls: 2,030 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Christine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Christine, and how old are they?
457,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 588,495 Americans ever recorded as Christine. The median Christine alive today is 58 years old; half are between 47 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 482,596 people named Christine (482,038 women and girls, 558 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 483,525 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 163,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 176,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 85,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,720 |
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 Christine born?
The states with the most babies named Christine are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 71,109 | #1,342 | 1.5× |
| California | 57,374 | #1,158 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 43,901 | #1,437 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 35,869 | #1,144 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 30,649 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 28,118 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 27,749 | #785 | 1.7× |
| New Jersey | 26,324 | #1,064 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 19,602 | #1,162 | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 16,751 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Christine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Christine is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Christine 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 1,093,879 babies since 1880, Christine is the most given (54% of them). In 2025 it was given to 176 of their 586 babies (30%), the second most given that year.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine | 588,495 | 176 | 1952 |
| Christina | 481,707 | 352 | 1985 |
| Christiana | 10,938 | 58 | 1996 |
| Christene | 4,916 | under 5 | 1925 |
| Christena | 2,844 | under 5 | 1975 |
| Christiane | 2,263 | under 5 | 1971 |
| Christianne | 1,433 | under 5 | 1971 |
| Christinia | 1,283 | under 5 | 1979 |
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 Christine
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 Christine and names like it
- Compare Christine and ChristinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sChristine peaked in 1952.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Christine since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Christine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Christine.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Christine alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.