Cristina
Cristina was given to 128 girls in 2025, #1,622 among girls’ names; 52,698 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 49,900 Americans named Cristina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 29 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cristina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cristina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cristina is “a female given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Christina.”
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Cristina.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cristina?
#1,622 among girls’ names, 2025
Cristina fell from #1,107 in 2015 to #1,622 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.13 to 0.08 per 1,000.
1,781 babies in 1990, the peak
Cristina peaked in 1990, when 1,781 babies were given it (1,763 girls, #165 among girls’ names). The 128 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,622 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 163 | #1,386 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 163 | #1,380 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,479 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 155 | #1,407 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 171 | #1,295 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 180 | #1,284 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 209 | #1,159 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 210 | #1,174 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 240 | #1,083 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 234 | #1,107 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 256 | #1,019 | 0.14 |
| 2013 | 264 | #958 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 268 | #950 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 309 | #853 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 351 | #784 | 0.20 |
| 2009 | 405 | #714 | 0.22 |
| 2008 | 505 | #605 | 0.27 |
| 2007 | 582 | #537 | 0.30 |
| 2006 | 615 | #495 | 0.32 |
| 2005 | 627 | #487 | 0.34 |
| 2004 | 697 | #439 | 0.38 |
| 2003 | 836 | #365 | 0.46 |
| 2002 | 869 | #344 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 908 | #336 | 0.50 |
| 2000 | 913 | #338 | 0.50 |
| 1999 | 876 | #342 | 0.49 |
| 1998 | 952 | #315 | 0.54 |
| 1997 | 947 | #305 | 0.54 |
| 1996 | 1,150 | #246 | 0.66 |
| 1995 | 1,234 | #230 | 0.70 |
| 1994 | 1,285 | #220 | 0.72 |
| 1993 | 1,549 | #187 | 0.86 |
| 1992 | 1,664 | #185 | 0.90 |
| 1991 | 1,700 | #177 | 0.91 |
| 1990 | 1,763 | #165 | 0.93 |
| 1989 | 1,733 | #166 | 0.94 |
| 1988 | 1,484 | #188 | 0.83 |
| 1987 | 1,479 | #185 | 0.85 |
| 1986 | 1,707 | #163 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 1,650 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,444 | #190 | 0.86 |
| 1983 | 1,521 | #179 | 0.91 |
| 1982 | 1,422 | #196 | 0.84 |
| 1981 | 1,347 | #201 | 0.81 |
| 1980 | 1,248 | #211 | 0.75 |
| 1979 | 1,124 | #233 | 0.70 |
| 1978 | 1,088 | #228 | 0.71 |
| 1977 | 1,007 | #246 | 0.66 |
| 1976 | 975 | #243 | 0.67 |
| 1975 | 880 | #276 | 0.60 |
| 1974 | 773 | #305 | 0.53 |
| 1973 | 682 | #326 | 0.47 |
| 1972 | 656 | #342 | 0.43 |
| 1971 | 708 | #351 | 0.43 |
| 1970 | 569 | #405 | 0.33 |
| 1969 | 579 | #392 | 0.34 |
| 1968 | 518 | #411 | 0.32 |
| 1967 | 398 | #478 | 0.24 |
| 1966 | 348 | #506 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 326 | #529 | 0.18 |
| 1964 | 309 | #559 | 0.16 |
| 1963 | 229 | #666 | 0.12 |
| 1962 | 189 | #758 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 187 | #763 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 146 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 124 | #940 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 134 | #878 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 100 | #1,045 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 109 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 102 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 74 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 89 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 92 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 93 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 85 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 80 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 67 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,421 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 45 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,960 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,743 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,488 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,888 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,178 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,516 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,940 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,039 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,488 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,581 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,038 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,543 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,063 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,554 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,205 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,280 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,412 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,445 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cristina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cristina has been given almost only to girls: 270 boys in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Cristina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cristina, and how old are they?
49,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 52,698 Americans ever recorded as Cristina. The median Cristina alive today is 37 years old; half are between 29 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 81,417 people named Cristina (81,246 women and girls, 171 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 49,693 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 154 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,880 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 23,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,510 |
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 Cristina born?
The states with the most babies named Cristina are Texas, California and Florida, with 70% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 31 | #925 | 2.0× |
| California | 17 | #1,372 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,459 | 1.7× |
| New York | 8 | #1,556 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,137 | 0.4× |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,214 | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,585 | 0.4× |
Where Cristina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cristina is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.2 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 Cristina 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 288,233 babies since 1880, Cristina is the third most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 128 of their 315 babies (41%), the most given that year.
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 Cristina
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 Cristina and names like it
- Compare Cristina and KristinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCristina peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cristina since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Cristina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Cristina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Cristina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.