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Christine

Girls' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~470,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,272 among girls
Births in 2025
176 588,495 since 1880
Typical age
57 years, median

Christine popularity over time

Christine rank by birth year, 1880–2025Christine ranked #153 in 1880 and #1,272 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1967.#100#1,000#1,272best #14 in 196718901920195019802010
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.

Christine was used most in 1952, when 17,577 babies were given the name. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 52 years put Christine in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #1,272 with 176 births. The ten-year change is -51%. Year on year the rank dropped by 76.

Babies named Christine per yearPeaks at 17,577 births in 1952.17,577 in 1952018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Christine?

About 470,800 people named Christine are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 588,495 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 Christine?

The typical living Christine is 57 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Christine a mid-century perennial name.

Your Christine

Ages of living people named ChristineHalf of living Christines are older than 57 and half younger.median 57020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Christine is most common

Christine is 1.4× as common in New York as it is nationally. Washington, California and Florida follow.

Where Christine is used more than average4 states use the name Christine more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.4× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.4× 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: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest 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: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.3× 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 Christine 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 188 1.4×
Washington 67 1.4×
California 382 1.4×
Florida 176 1.3×

Christine in England and Wales

ONS recorded 18 births named Christine in 2025, ranking it #1,639.

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

Where the name Christine comes from

Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina.

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

Notable people named Christine

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank 1956 92
Christine de Pizan French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430) 1364–1430 80
Christine Baranski American actress 1952 51
Christine Nöstlinger Austrian children's and young adult's writer 1936–2018 45
Christine Sinclair Canadian association football player 1983 44
Christine McVie British musician 1943–2022 42
Christine Kangaloo politician from Trinidad and Tobago 1961 41
Christine Lahti American actress and director 1950 37
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 4,089 in 1945 to 6,216 in 1946 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

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 Christine

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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