Girls' name · since 1912
Chrystine
Chrystine has 356 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 356
- born since 1912
- 1980s
- peak decade
356 girls have been named Chrystine since 1912, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chrystine has 356 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2001.
- #14,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 356 born since 1912
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chrystine ranks #14,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 356 born since 1912, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 356
- born since 1912
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chrystine's 356 recorded births place it above 79.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chrystine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chrystine's full recorded timeline at 1962, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chrystine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2001
- Peak year (1951)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Chrystine by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (61 births, 17% of the file).
1980s was Chrystine's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Chrystine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
39 births
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 61 births (17% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chrystine's data
- Chrystine's decade-level peak was the 1980s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chrystine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~89 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chrystine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.