Girls' name · since 1906
Cristina
Cristina has 52,428 recorded births since 1906 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,627 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 52,428
- born since 1906
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cristina is the #1627 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 52,428 recorded since 1906.
Cristina has 52,428 recorded births among girls since 1906, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1627 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, 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 1906 to 2025.
- #571 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,627 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 52,428 born since 1906
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristina ranks #571 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,627 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 52,428 born since 1906, peaking in the 1980s.
- #571 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,627 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 52,428
- born since 1906
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cristina's 52,428 recorded births place it above 99.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cristina compares
52,428 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cristina's all-time total is 139x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cristina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52,428 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,763 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cristina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cristina's full recorded timeline at 1966, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1909, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 1,763 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cristina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 1,763
- Annual births at peak, across 120 years of records
Cristina popularity over time - boys
270 total births recorded since 1975 (Cristina as boys' name)
Cristina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15,035 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Cristina's strongest decade.
15,035 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Cristina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 28
1900s
28 births
- 1910s 140
1910s
140 births
- 1920s 292
1920s
292 births
- 1930s 247
1930s
247 births
- 1940s 470
1940s
470 births
- 1950s 999
1950s
999 births
- 1960s 3,229
1960s
3,229 births
- 1970s
1970s
8,462 births
- 1980s
1980s
15,035 births
- 1990s
1990s
13,120 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,957 births
- 2010s 2,521
2010s
2,521 births
- 2020s 928
2020s
928 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15,035 births (29% of all-time use).
How Cristina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cristina's total volume
Cristina by state
Where Cristina concentrates geographically, total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14,352 | 27.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,870 | 16.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,689 | 8.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 3,913 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,610 | 5.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 1,933 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 1,021 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 965 | 1.8% |
14,352 of 52,428 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Cristina appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cristina's data
- Cristina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (15,035 total births); usage has since declined to 928 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cristinas (14,352 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cristina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~119 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, 1906–2025 (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 Cristina 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.