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Christina

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~447,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#770 among girls
Births in 2025
352 481,707 since 1880
Typical age
43 years, median

Christina popularity over time

Christina rank by birth year, 1880–2025Christina ranked #186 in 1880 and #770 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #12, in 1975.#100#1,000#770best #12 in 197518901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Christina was used most in 1985, when 16,686 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 39 separate years.

The 2025 position is #770, on 352 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 64%. Year on year the rank dropped by 66.

Babies named Christina per yearPeaks at 16,686 births in 1985.16,686 in 1985018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Christina?

Roughly 447,100 Christinas are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 481,707 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Christina?

The typical living Christina is 43 years old. More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Christina a late 20th-century name.

Your Christina

Ages of living people named ChristinaHalf of living Christinas are older than 43 and half younger.median 43020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Christina is most common

Christina is 1.6× as common in New York as it is nationally. Georgia, Florida and Kentucky follow.

Where Christina is used more than average5 states use the name Christina more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.4× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.6× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 1.4× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.5× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.5× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Christina is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 440 1.6×
Georgia 234 1.5×
Florida 420 1.5×
Kentucky 84 1.4×
Illinois 229 1.4×

Christina in England and Wales

ONS recorded 32 births named Christina in 2025, ranking it #1,051. That is 27% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Christina comes from

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Christina

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Christina Aguilera American singer, songwriter and actress 1980 130
Christina Ricci American actress 1980 88
Christina Applegate American actress 1971 70
Christina Rossetti English poet 1830–1894 65
Christina Koch American astronaut 1979 62
Christina Hendricks British-American actress 1975 56
Christina Grimmie singer 1994–2016 52
Christina Perri American singer-songwriter 1986 49
Photo credits (8)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Christina

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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