girl's name

Maria-Cristina

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 14
  • Births on record 258

Maria-Cristina is a girl's name. In 1982 it was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 1971, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1959.

Maria-Cristina over time

Births per decade in France, 1950s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1982, not a full ten years.

120
'50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Maria-Cristina by decade in France
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 45
1970s 120
1980s (to 1982) 15

How popular is Maria-Cristina?

In 1982, Maria-Cristina was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Maria-Cristina is used

France #2,541 5 in 1982
United States as Mariacristina #17,861 5 in 2003

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Maria-Cristina is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Mariacristina Mariacristina is Maria-Cristina written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #17,861. 73

Names that peaked alongside Maria-Cristina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Maria-Cristina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maria-Cristina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Maria-Cristina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maria-Cristina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Maria-Cristina

Is Maria-Cristina a girl's or a boy's name?

Maria-Cristina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Maria-Cristina most popular?

Maria-Cristina peaked in 1971, when 20 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.