Girls' name · since 1916
Cristine
4,091 babies named Cristine in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,091
- born since 1916
- 1960s
- peak decade
4,091 girls have been named Cristine since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cristine has 4,091 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2022.
- #2,943 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 4,091 born since 1916
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristine ranks #2,943 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 4,091 born since 1916, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,091
- born since 1916
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cristine's 4,091 recorded births place it above 95.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Cristine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cristine's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 120, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cristine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2022
- Peak year (1969)
- 120
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Cristine by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (864 births, 21% of the file).
1960s was Cristine's strongest decade.
864 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Cristine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 51
1920s
51 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 205
1940s
205 births
- 1950s
1950s
569 births
- 1960s
1960s
864 births
- 1970s
1970s
841 births
- 1980s
1980s
747 births
- 1990s
1990s
500 births
- 2000s 214
2000s
214 births
- 2010s 83
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 864 births (21% of all-time use).
How Cristine 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 Cristine's total volume
Cristine by state
Where Cristine concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 720 | 17.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 415 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 166 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 116 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 105 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 90 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 81 | 2.0% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 72 | 1.8% |
720 of 4,091 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Cristine appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cristine's data
- Cristine's decade-level peak was the 1960s (864 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cristines (720 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cristine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1916–2022 (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 Cristine 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.