girl's name
Christina
kris-TEE-nuh
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 9
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 509,325
the United States
#770
2025 births
Christina is a girl's name from the Latin for a follower of Christ, and the fullest of the family that includes Christine and Kristina. It peaked in 1985 and charts in six of the seven markets we track.
- Christina is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 1985, when 16,686 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 9,419 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Christina over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 916 |
| 1890s | 1,257 |
| 1900s | 1,170 |
| 1910s | 2,765 |
| 1920s | 3,657 |
| 1930s | 2,745 |
| 1940s | 8,844 |
| 1950s | 19,868 |
| 1960s | 52,952 |
| 1970s | 126,254 |
| 1980s | 146,852 |
| 1990s | 75,018 |
| 2000s | 27,252 |
| 2010s | 9,648 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,509 |
What Christina means
Christina means a follower of Christ, or a Christian. The Latin is the ordinary adjective for belonging to Christ, used as a name rather than translated into one.
Where Christina comes from
Christina is the Latin feminine of Christianus, a Christian, from Christus — the Greek Christos, the anointed one, rendering the Hebrew mashiach. So the name carries three languages before it reaches a person. Queen Christina of Sweden, who succeeded at six, refused to marry, abdicated at twenty-eight and converted to Catholicism in a Europe still fighting over the question, is its most striking bearer; she is one of very few women buried in St Peter's Basilica. Christina Rossetti, whose In the Bleak Midwinter is sung every Christmas, is the name's literary weight.
Christina in use
Christina peaked in the United States in 1985, when 16,686 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 393rd in Ireland on 10 births, 561st in Scotland, 770th in the United States on 352, 1059th in England and Wales and 1632nd in France, across 509,325 lifetime births in six of the seven markets we track. It peaked a full generation after Christine, which is unusual for the longer form of a pair.
How popular is Christina?
In 2025, Christina was given to 352 babies in the United States, ranking #770 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Christina is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Christina
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Christina also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Christina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
3 nicknames for Christina
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Christina in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Christina
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Christina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Christina
What does the name Christina mean?
A follower of Christ, from the Latin Christianus.
Is Christina the same as Christine?
They are the Latin and French forms of one name. Christina peaked a generation later, in 1985 against 1952.
Who was Queen Christina of Sweden?
A seventeenth-century queen who refused to marry, abdicated at twenty-eight and converted to Catholicism.
How popular is Christina?
770th in the United States and 393rd in Ireland.
Is Christina a girl's or a boy's name?
Christina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Christina?
Christina has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Christina?
Christina is usually shortened to Chris, Tina and Chrissy.
Is Christina a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Christina currently ranks #393 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.