Girls' name · peaked in 1985
Kristina name popularity since 1925
137,103 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kristina. Half of them were born in 1984 or earlier, so the typical Kristina is about 42 years old in 2026. Kristina peaked in 1985 as the #57 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 137,103
- Named Kristina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,724 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 136,750 girls · 353 boys
- Most popular in
- Alaska
- 2.29× its national share
Peak year is the year Kristina 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.
Kristina births per year, 1925–2025
1985 was the biggest year for Kristina both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1960 and 1965, Kristina became 3.7× more common, from 1 in 4,780 baby girls to 1 in 1,290.
- Steepest fall: Between 2015 and 2020, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 9,510.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kristina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kristina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kristina 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 36 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 993 | 0 | #836 |
| 1950s | 3,279 | 5 | #482 |
| 1960s | 12,712 | 20 | #230 |
| 1970s | 32,650 | 118 | #103 |
| 1980s | 45,947 | 179 | #57 |
| 1990s | 27,244 | 31 | #130 |
| 2000s | 9,537 | 0 | #349 |
| 2010s | 3,489 | 0 | #741 |
| 2020–25 | 863 | 0 | #1,724 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
46.9% of babies named Kristina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kristina is most popular
The index compares Kristina'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 Kristina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 2.29× | 463 |
| Washington | 1.81× | 4,120 |
| Oregon | 1.77× | 2,262 |
| Nevada | 1.47× | 715 |
| Florida | 1.32× | 6,504 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kristina 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristina (this page) | 136,750 | 1985 |
| Cristina | 52,141 | 1986 |
| Krystina | 4,819 | 1987 |
| Kristiana | 2,796 | 1997 |
| Khristina | 1,275 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kristina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kristina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kristina (1985).
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