Girls' name · peaked in 1968
Christine name popularity since 1925
555,250 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Christine. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Christine is about 60 years old in 2026. Christine peaked in 1968 as the #14 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 555,250
- Named Christine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,274 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 553,308 girls · 1,942 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 2.16× its national share
Peak year is the year Christine made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Christine births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1952. Measured as a share of all babies, Christine peaked in 1968.
- Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Christine became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 370 baby girls to 1 in 145.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 565 to 1 in 1,180.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Christine's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Christine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Christine in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 11,003 | 68 | – |
| 1930s | 18,489 | 115 | #130 |
| 1940s | 54,565 | 174 | #62 |
| 1950s | 113,340 | 258 | #40 |
| 1960s | 139,343 | 385 | #21 |
| 1970s | 103,236 | 420 | #22 |
| 1980s | 68,016 | 387 | #44 |
| 1990s | 31,618 | 107 | #114 |
| 2000s | 8,704 | 28 | #396 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | 0 | #790 |
| 2020–25 | 1,263 | 0 | #1,274 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.7% of babies named Christine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Christine is most popular
The index compares Christine's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Christine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 2.16× | 4,273 |
| Massachusetts | 2.03× | 26,971 |
| Connecticut | 1.72× | 10,386 |
| New Jersey | 1.68× | 25,841 |
| New York | 1.65× | 69,711 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Christine and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Christine (this page) | 553,308 | 1968 |
| Cristine | 4,054 | 1969 |
| Christene | 4,046 | 1934 |
| Christiane | 2,257 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Christine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Christine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Christine (1968).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data