Girls' name · peaked in 1986
Cristina name popularity since 1925
52,411 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cristina. Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Cristina is about 38 years old in 2026. Cristina peaked in 1986 as the #163 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 52,411
- Named Cristina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,622 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 52,141 girls · 270 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 2.76× its national share
Peak year is the year Cristina 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.
Cristina births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1990. Measured as a share of all babies, Cristina peaked in 1986.
- Fastest rise: Between 1959 and 1964, Cristina became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 16,300 baby girls to 1 in 6,130.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 6,570.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cristina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cristina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cristina 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 | 173 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 247 | 0 | #1,488 |
| 1940s | 470 | 0 | #1,422 |
| 1950s | 999 | 0 | #990 |
| 1960s | 3,229 | 0 | #529 |
| 1970s | 8,462 | 30 | #276 |
| 1980s | 15,035 | 139 | #171 |
| 1990s | 13,120 | 94 | #230 |
| 2000s | 6,957 | 7 | #487 |
| 2010s | 2,521 | 0 | #1,107 |
| 2020–25 | 928 | 0 | #1,622 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.5% of babies named Cristina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Cristina is most popular
The index compares Cristina'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 Cristina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2.76× | 14,440 |
| Texas | 2.25× | 8,728 |
| Florida | 2.19× | 3,913 |
| Arizona | 1.60× | 1,021 |
| New Jersey | 1.42× | 1,933 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cristina 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cristina (this page) | 52,141 | 1986 |
| Christina | 471,729 | 1978 |
| Kristina | 136,750 | 1985 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cristina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cristina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cristina (1986).
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