How Many People Are Named Christine?

461,413

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

About 1 in 740 people in the US has this name

Based on 588,495 babies named Christine in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#100

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#45

See the top 100

Peak Year

1952

17,577 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronunciation: KREES-TEEN (French), kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German, Dutch)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.

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

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Christine in English. Counting Christine and these spellings together, about 538,537 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Christine (99.7%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Christine alive today is about 56 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 46 and 67 in 2025.

Under 30 21,037
4.6%
30 to 59 246,229
53.4%
60 and over 194,147
42.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Christine first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 17,577 babies. In 2025, 176 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Christine never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #14, in 1967 to 1970, and it was in the top 100 for 52 years, 1942 to 1993. In 2025 it ranked #1,274.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,274
Best rank#14 (1967 to 1970)
Years in the top 10052 (1942 to 1993)
Rank in its biggest decade#27 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Christine were born in New York than in any other state: about 59,351 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Christine was given 1.9 times as often in Rhode Island, 1.8 times in Massachusetts and 1.6 times in Connecticut.

New York 59,351
California 50,000
Pennsylvania 35,327
Illinois 29,579
Ohio 25,165
Massachusetts 22,781
Michigan 22,681
New Jersey 22,412
Texas 15,202
Wisconsin 13,743
Florida 11,833
Missouri 9,304
Minnesota 9,225
Connecticut 8,877
Indiana 8,461
Maryland 7,870
Virginia 7,588
Washington 7,552
Iowa 5,808
Georgia 5,754
North Carolina 5,543
Louisiana 5,395
Colorado 5,383
Arizona 4,274
Oregon 3,768
Rhode Island 3,659
Nebraska 3,530
Alabama 3,371
South Carolina 3,333
Kansas 3,149
Utah 3,049
Kentucky 3,024
Tennessee 2,987
District of Columbia 2,839
Mississippi 2,666
New Mexico 2,368
Oklahoma 2,275
New Hampshire 2,182
Maine 2,175
Hawaii 2,014
West Virginia 1,954
Delaware 1,567
Arkansas 1,541
Idaho 1,527
Montana 1,283
Nevada 1,062
Vermont 1,002
South Dakota 956
Alaska 860
North Dakota 859
Wyoming 681

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