Girls' name · since 1915
Kristina
Kristina has 136,765 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,724 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 136,765
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
136,765 babies have been named Kristina since 1915, making it today's #1724 girls' name.
Kristina has 136,765 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1724 as of the latest data, more common than 90% 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 1915 to 2025.
- #295 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,724 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 136,765 born since 1915
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristina ranks #295 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,724 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 136,765 born since 1915, peaking in the 1980s.
- #295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,724 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 136,765
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kristina's 136,765 recorded births place it above 99.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kristina compares
136,765 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Kristina's all-time total is 364x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kristina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136,765 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,566 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kristina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kristina's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 5,566, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kristina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 5,566
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Kristina popularity over time - boys
353 total births recorded since 1959 (Kristina as boys' name)
Kristina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (45,947 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Kristina's strongest decade.
45,947 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kristina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 36
1930s
36 births
- 1940s 993
1940s
993 births
- 1950s 3,279
1950s
3,279 births
- 1960s 12,712
1960s
12,712 births
- 1970s
1970s
32,650 births
- 1980s
1980s
45,947 births
- 1990s
1990s
27,244 births
- 2000s 9,537
2000s
9,537 births
- 2010s 3,489
2010s
3,489 births
- 2020s 863
2020s
863 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 45,947 births (34% of all-time use).
How Kristina 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 Kristina's total volume
Kristina by state
Where Kristina concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18,257 | 13.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 9,901 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 8,324 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 7,046 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6,935 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6,504 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6,497 | 4.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5,358 | 3.9% |
18,257 of 136,765 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Kristina appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kristina's data
- Kristina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (45,947 total births); usage has since declined to 863 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kristinas (18,257 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 Kristina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Kristina 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.