Girls' name · peaked in 1968
Kristine name popularity since 1925
84,447 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kristine. Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Kristine is about 56 years old in 2026. Kristine peaked in 1968 as the #105 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 84,447
- Named Kristine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,228 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 84,262 girls · 185 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 3.43× its national share
Peak year is the year Kristine 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.
Kristine births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Kristine peaked in 1968.
- Fastest rise: Between 1943 and 1948, Kristine became 6.9× more common, from 1 in 11,300 baby girls to 1 in 1,640.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 2,720 to 1 in 6,250.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kristine's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kristine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kristine 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 | 34 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 122 | 0 | #2,836 |
| 1940s | 4,046 | 0 | #503 |
| 1950s | 12,075 | 10 | #274 |
| 1960s | 24,125 | 60 | #120 |
| 1970s | 20,543 | 53 | #169 |
| 1980s | 13,571 | 57 | #188 |
| 1990s | 6,541 | 5 | #478 |
| 2000s | 2,041 | 0 | #1,220 |
| 2010s | 890 | 0 | #2,392 |
| 2020–25 | 274 | 0 | #3,228 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.7% of babies named Kristine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kristine is most popular
The index compares Kristine'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 Kristine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 3.43× | 5,551 |
| Minnesota | 2.83× | 4,246 |
| Iowa | 2.21× | 2,306 |
| Utah | 2.20× | 1,536 |
| Nebraska | 2.12× | 1,219 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kristine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristine (this page) | 84,262 | 1968 |
| Cristine | 4,054 | 1969 |
| Kristene | 1,008 | 1972 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kristine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kristine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kristine (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