How Many People Are Named Christina?

443,197

people named Christina are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 771 people in the US has this name

Based on 481,707 babies named Christina in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#104

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#48

See the top 100

Peak Year

1985

16,686 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Greek
Pronunciation: kris-TEEN-ə (English), kris-TEE-na (German), kris-TEE-nah (Swedish, Dutch)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN. This was the name of an early, possibly legendary, saint who was tormented by her pagan father. It was also borne by a 17th-century Swedish queen and patron the arts who gave up her crown in order to become a Roman Catholic.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.6%
Male
0.4%

Almost all of the babies given the name Christina (99.6%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Christina alive today is about 43 years old, and 77% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 51 in 2025.

Under 30 58,632
13.2%
30 to 59 341,871
77.1%
60 and over 42,693
9.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Christina first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1985, to 16,686 babies. In 2025, 352 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Christina never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #12, in 1975 and 1985, and it was in the top 100 for 39 years, 1964 to 2002. In 2025 it ranked #770.

Girls
Rank in 2025#770
Best rank#12 (1975 and 1985)
Years in the top 10039 (1964 to 2002)
Rank in its biggest decade#18 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Christina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Christina were born in California than in any other state: about 64,899 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Christina was given 1.4 times as often in Maryland, 1.3 times in Alaska and 1.3 times in District of Columbia.

California 64,899
New York 38,825
Texas 32,391
Ohio 22,367
Pennsylvania 21,990
Florida 21,388
Illinois 20,812
Michigan 16,163
New Jersey 15,507
Indiana 11,248
Missouri 10,654
Massachusetts 10,305
Virginia 10,053
Maryland 9,228
North Carolina 9,150
Georgia 9,062
Washington 8,097
Arizona 7,446
Tennessee 6,092
Kentucky 5,866
Colorado 5,727
Connecticut 5,703
Louisiana 5,659
Minnesota 5,411
Wisconsin 5,293
Oklahoma 4,793
Oregon 4,426
Alabama 4,379
South Carolina 4,370
Kansas 4,363
Iowa 3,954
West Virginia 3,755
New Mexico 3,053
Arkansas 2,813
Mississippi 2,669
Nebraska 2,484
District of Columbia 2,387
Utah 2,105
Nevada 1,956
Hawaii 1,610
Rhode Island 1,599
Idaho 1,584
Maine 1,496
New Hampshire 1,389
Delaware 1,273
Alaska 1,090
Montana 1,073
South Dakota 837
Wyoming 718
North Dakota 677
Vermont 675

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