girls' name ★ peaked 1952

Christine

Meaning Borrowed from French Christine Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,274 Trend ↓ Falling 27%

Borrowed from French Christine.

Rank 2025
#1,274
among girls · ↓77 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
176
named Christine · -11% vs 2024
How common
1 in 9,132
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1952
17,577 babies
All-time total
588,495
#49 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Christine popularity over time

588,495 babies have been named Christine since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
3.757.511.251518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 1,266 – 1,266 127 – #153
1890s 2,565 – 2,565 257 +103% #151
1900s 3,901 5 3,906 391 +52% #137
1910s 14,094 46 14,140 1,414 +262% #116
1920s 22,334 105 22,439 2,244 +59% #115
1930s 18,489 115 18,604 1,860 -17% #121
1940s 54,565 174 54,739 5,474 +194% #30
1950s 113,340 258 113,598 11,360 +108% #20
1960s 139,343 385 139,728 13,973 +23% #14
1970s 103,236 420 103,656 10,366 -26% #14
1980s 68,016 387 68,403 6,840 -34% #41
1990s 31,618 107 31,725 3,173 -54% #62
2000s 8,704 28 8,732 873 -72% #217
2010s 3,731 – 3,731 373 -57% #656
2020s (to 2025) 1,263 – 1,263 211 -44% #1,015

Where Christine is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 167 0.10 outside top 500
2027 159 0.10 outside top 500
2028 153 0.10 outside top 500
2029 148 0.09 outside top 500
2030 144 0.09 outside top 500

Where Christine is most popular

Girls named Christine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.125 per 1,000. Strongest in Indiana, Florida, and Georgia.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Christine born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Indiana 28 0.199 +59%
Florida 74 0.173 +38%
Georgia 38 0.167 +34%
Washington 24 0.166 +33%
California 138 0.164 +31%
Louisiana 14 0.160 +28%
Texas 125 0.155 +24%
Utah 12 0.144 +15%
New York 56 0.141 +13%
Pennsylvania 30 0.127 ≈ national
South Carolina 11 0.122 ≈ national
Kentucky 10 0.117 -7%
Michigan 20 0.110 -12%
Nevada 5 0.108 -14%
Minnesota 11 0.102 -19%
Massachusetts 12 0.099 -21%
Maryland 10 0.094 -25%
Illinois 20 0.087 -30%
Ohio 20 0.084 -33%
New Jersey 15 0.083 -34%
North Carolina 12 0.053 -58%
Virginia 8 0.047 -62%
Colorado 5 0.045 -64%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Christine

Christine is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #1,274 in 2025 with 176 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 588,495 American babies have been named Christine. Its peak came in 1952, when 17,577 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1950s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Christine stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Christine?

The median living Christine is about 57 years old; half are between 46 and 68. An estimated 473 thousand people named Christine are alive in the United States today.

median 57 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Christine year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

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
1995 2,815 #114 14 #4,315
1990 5,679 #62 26 #2,561
1985 7,441 #44 45 #1,489
1980 7,085 #41 34 #1,699
1975 9,103 #22 50 #1,195
1970 16,061 #14 43 #1,264
1965 15,204 #21 38 #1,237
1960 9,874 #40 21 #1,780
1955 9,042 #40 18 #1,854
1950 12,673 #28 30 #1,318
1945 4,077 #62 12 #2,024
1940 2,162 #118 10 #2,350
1935 1,744 #130 10 #2,414
1930 1,995 #124 17 #1,832
1925 2,254 #123 10 #2,784
1920 2,181 #118 12 #2,481
1915 1,625 #125 – –
1910 665 #123 – –
1905 344 #160 – –
1900 383 #151 – –
1895 295 #151 – –
1890 220 #161 – –
1885 132 #159 – –
1880 89 #153 – –

Famous people named Christine

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Christine Taylor Christine Taylor American actress (born 1971) Contemporary
  2. 2 Christine Baranski Christine Baranski American actress (born 1952) Contemporary
  3. 3 Christine McVie Christine McVie English musician (1943–2022) Contemporary
  4. 4 Christine Jorgensen Christine Jorgensen American transgender actress (1926–1989) Contemporary
  5. 5 Christine Lahti Christine Lahti American actress and director (born 1950) Contemporary
  6. 6 Christine Chubbuck Christine Chubbuck First suicide on live television 1944–1974 · Contemporary
  7. 7 Christine Keeler Christine Keeler English model and showgirl (1942–2017) Contemporary
  8. 8 Christine Lagarde Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank since 2019 b. 1956 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Christine Ebersole Christine Ebersole American actress and singer (born 1953) Contemporary
  10. 10 Christine Lakin Christine Lakin American actress (born 1979) Contemporary
  11. 11 Christine Cavanaugh American actress (1963–2014) Contemporary
  12. 12 Christine Kaufmann Christine Kaufmann German-Austrian actress (1945–2017) Contemporary
  13. 13 Christine de Pizan Christine de Pizan Italian-born French author (1364 – c. 1430) 1365–1430 · Medieval
  14. 14 Christine Estabrook American actress (born 1952) Contemporary
  15. 15 Christine Gregoire Christine Gregoire Governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013 b. 1947 · Contemporary
  16. 16 Christine of France Christine of France Duchess of Savoy from 1630 to 1637 1606–1663 · 17th century
  17. 17 Christine Korsgaard Christine Korsgaard American philosopher in Left-Kantian tradition b. 1952 · Contemporary
  18. 18 Christine and the Queens Christine and the Queens French singer (born 1988) Contemporary
  19. 19 Christine Darden Christine Darden American mathematician, aerospace engineer b. 1942 · Contemporary
  20. 20 Christine Truman British tennis player (born 1941) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Christine, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Christine?

The median living Christine is about 57 years old. Half of all living Christines are between 46 and 68 years old.

How many people named Christine are alive today?

An estimated 473 thousand people named Christine are alive in the United States, based on 588,495 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Christine mean?

Borrowed from French Christine.

How popular is the name Christine in 2025?

Christine ranked #1,274 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 176 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Christine?

588,495 babies have been named Christine in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Christine most popular?

Christine peaked in 1952, when 17,577 newborns received the name.

Is Christine a boy or girl name?

Christine is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Christine rising or falling?

Christine is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Christine become more popular?

Christine is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 144 girls named Christine in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Christine?

Well-known people named Christine include Christine Taylor (actor), Christine Baranski (actor), Christine McVie (singer).

Names like Christine

Names that sound and feel close to Christine: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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