Meaning not yet researched.
Christine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 176 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 1970.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 1970; #1,274 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Christine in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,274 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, at #14.
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Christine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 176 girls in 2025. Peak: #14 in 1970 · most girls in one year: 17,548 (1952).
In 2025, 176 US girls were named Christine, making it the 1,274th most common girls’ name of the year, down 77 places from #1,197 in 2024. That is 22 fewer than the 198 girls named Christine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #14, reached in 1970. The most girls given the name in a single year was 17,548, in 1952. For comparison, it was #790 in 2015 and #28 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Christine in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 89 babies with the name. In all, 588,495 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 139,728 babies named Christine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,581 US girls were named Christine; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 390. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,132 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Christine ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #711 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Christina (481,707 babies since 1880), Kristin (180,951 babies since 1880), Kristina (137,118 babies since 1880) and Kristine (84,514 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Christon, Christianne and Christyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Chris, Chrissy, Christy, Crissy, Kris and Kristy.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Christon (1,470), Christianne (1,433), Christyn (1,114), Christien (1,063), Cristiana (922), Khristine (618), Krystiana (432), Chrystine (356), Christiann (308), Christyne (245), Kristiane (114), Khristin (103), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 6 | #711 | #784 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #776 | — |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #785 | #527 |
| Indiana | 7 | #838 | #628 |
| Washington | 6 | #947 | #1,160 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,064 | #735 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,144 | #821 |
| California | 22 | #1,158 | #568 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,162 | #824 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,267 | #996 |
| New York | 10 | #1,342 | #575 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,407 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,437 | #757 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,504 | #1,267 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | #1,274 | — | — |
| 2024 | 198 | #1,197 | — | — |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,139 | — | — |
| 2020 | 248 | #1,015 | — | — |
| 2019 | 287 | #923 | — | — |
| 2018 | 291 | #922 | — | — |
| 2017 | 350 | #786 | — | — |
| 2016 | 390 | #727 | — | — |
| 2015 | 357 | #790 | — | — |
| 2014 | 410 | #690 | — | — |
| 2013 | 398 | #704 | — | — |
| 2012 | 434 | #656 | — | — |
| 2011 | 381 | #725 | — | — |
| 2010 | 433 | #669 | — | — |
| 2009 | 491 | #615 | — | — |
| 2008 | 569 | #542 | — | — |
| 2007 | 618 | #512 | 7 | #9,950 |
| 2006 | 731 | #436 | 5 | #12,370 |
| 2005 | 793 | #396 | — | — |
| 2004 | 844 | #370 | — | — |
| 2003 | 942 | #335 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,027 | #304 | 8 | #7,769 |
| 2001 | 1,247 | #255 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,442 | #217 | 8 | #7,563 |
| 1999 | 1,500 | #204 | 7 | #8,001 |
| 1998 | 1,715 | #175 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,942 | #159 | 5 | #9,511 |
| 1996 | 2,371 | #135 | 8 | #6,599 |
| 1995 | 2,815 | #114 | 14 | #4,315 |
| 1994 | 3,163 | #104 | 14 | #4,333 |
| 1993 | 3,477 | #90 | 6 | #7,790 |
| 1992 | 4,150 | #82 | 13 | #4,359 |
| 1991 | 4,806 | #73 | 14 | #4,041 |
| 1990 | 5,679 | #62 | 26 | #2,561 |
| 1989 | 6,134 | #59 | 58 | #1,437 |
| 1988 | 6,612 | #51 | 42 | #1,674 |
| 1987 | 6,620 | #48 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1986 | 6,917 | #47 | 41 | #1,596 |
| 1985 | 7,441 | #44 | 45 | #1,489 |
| 1984 | 7,299 | #43 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1983 | 6,499 | #47 | 34 | #1,691 |
| 1982 | 6,555 | #46 | 32 | #1,781 |
| 1981 | 6,854 | #42 | 25 | #2,094 |
| 1980 | 7,085 | #41 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1979 | 7,689 | #35 | 39 | #1,513 |
| 1978 | 8,272 | #29 | 36 | #1,574 |
| 1977 | 7,886 | #30 | 32 | #1,676 |
| 1976 | 8,111 | #26 | 32 | #1,649 |
| 1975 | 9,103 | #22 | 50 | #1,195 |
| 1974 | 9,901 | #19 | 45 | #1,251 |
| 1973 | 10,549 | #17 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1972 | 11,986 | #16 | 45 | #1,233 |
| 1971 | 13,678 | #18 | 57 | #1,081 |
| 1970 | 16,061 | #14 | 43 | #1,264 |
| 1969 | 16,752 | #14 | 53 | #1,066 |
| 1968 | 16,525 | #14 | 39 | #1,219 |
| 1967 | 15,991 | #14 | 47 | #1,075 |
| 1966 | 15,546 | #20 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 15,204 | #21 | 38 | #1,237 |
| 1964 | 14,270 | #28 | 40 | #1,220 |
| 1963 | 13,387 | #29 | 40 | #1,230 |
| 1962 | 11,196 | #39 | 31 | #1,404 |
| 1961 | 10,598 | #39 | 27 | #1,553 |
| 1960 | 9,874 | #40 | 21 | #1,780 |
| 1959 | 9,471 | #43 | 25 | #1,598 |
| 1958 | 10,062 | #43 | 32 | #1,375 |
| 1957 | 9,575 | #41 | 23 | #1,680 |
| 1956 | 9,371 | #42 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1955 | 9,042 | #40 | 18 | #1,854 |
| 1954 | 8,788 | #43 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1953 | 11,793 | #32 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1952 | 17,548 | #20 | 29 | #1,409 |
| 1951 | 15,017 | #24 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1950 | 12,673 | #28 | 30 | #1,318 |
| 1949 | 11,797 | #30 | 25 | #1,469 |
| 1948 | 9,677 | #35 | 25 | #1,464 |
| 1947 | 8,379 | #45 | 28 | #1,398 |
| 1946 | 6,202 | #50 | 14 | #1,964 |
| 1945 | 4,077 | #62 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 1944 | 3,584 | #75 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 1943 | 3,316 | #84 | 12 | #2,193 |
| 1942 | 2,900 | #96 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 1941 | 2,471 | #101 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 2,162 | #118 | 10 | #2,350 |
| 1939 | 1,985 | #124 | 10 | #2,313 |
| 1938 | 1,843 | #129 | 10 | #2,355 |
| 1937 | 1,742 | #135 | 9 | #2,518 |
| 1936 | 1,723 | #131 | 10 | #2,321 |
| 1935 | 1,744 | #130 | 10 | #2,414 |
| 1934 | 1,920 | #121 | 10 | #2,417 |
| 1933 | 1,794 | #128 | 17 | #1,719 |
| 1932 | 1,859 | #127 | 11 | #2,344 |
| 1931 | 1,884 | #125 | 11 | #2,347 |
| 1930 | 1,995 | #124 | 17 | #1,832 |
| 1929 | 2,013 | #123 | 12 | #2,335 |
| 1928 | 2,177 | #120 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1927 | 2,346 | #117 | 13 | #2,316 |
| 1926 | 2,213 | #120 | 16 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | 2,254 | #123 | 10 | #2,784 |
| 1924 | 2,325 | #115 | 9 | #3,062 |
| 1923 | 2,257 | #120 | 6 | #3,890 |
| 1922 | 2,267 | #116 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1921 | 2,301 | #118 | 5 | #4,444 |
| 1920 | 2,181 | #118 | 12 | #2,481 |
| 1919 | 2,111 | #116 | 10 | #2,705 |
| 1918 | 2,014 | #119 | 7 | #3,425 |
| 1917 | 1,843 | #120 | 8 | #2,994 |
| 1916 | 1,787 | #121 | 9 | #2,758 |
| 1915 | 1,625 | #125 | — | — |
| 1914 | 1,374 | #117 | 7 | #2,694 |
| 1913 | 1,045 | #124 | 5 | #2,897 |
| 1912 | 944 | #123 | — | — |
| 1911 | 686 | #124 | — | — |
| 1910 | 665 | #123 | — | — |
| 1909 | 524 | #137 | 5 | #1,494 |
| 1908 | 504 | #138 | — | — |
| 1907 | 452 | #145 | — | — |
| 1906 | 408 | #146 | — | — |
| 1905 | 344 | #160 | — | — |
| 1904 | 325 | #165 | — | — |
| 1903 | 363 | #146 | — | — |
| 1902 | 323 | #160 | — | — |
| 1901 | 275 | #166 | — | — |
| 1900 | 383 | #151 | — | — |
| 1899 | 299 | #154 | — | — |
| 1898 | 302 | #167 | — | — |
| 1897 | 281 | #159 | — | — |
| 1896 | 274 | #161 | — | — |
| 1895 | 295 | #151 | — | — |
| 1894 | 267 | #160 | — | — |
| 1893 | 244 | #160 | — | — |
| 1892 | 222 | #168 | — | — |
| 1891 | 161 | #185 | — | — |
| 1890 | 220 | #161 | — | — |
| 1889 | 189 | #160 | — | — |
| 1888 | 170 | #170 | — | — |
| 1887 | 161 | #153 | — | — |
| 1886 | 151 | #155 | — | — |
| 1885 | 132 | #159 | — | — |
| 1884 | 129 | #155 | — | — |
| 1883 | 103 | #163 | — | — |
| 1882 | 75 | #183 | — | — |
| 1881 | 67 | #185 | — | — |
| 1880 | 89 | #153 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).