Popularity of the name Christine, 1880–2025
Christine was at its most popular in 1968, when 16,525 girls were given the name: about 1 in 99 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #14. In 2025, 176 girls were named Christine, ranking #1,272. In all, Social Security counts 586,465 girls named Christine since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 2,030 boys named Christine.
- Peak year
- 1968
- Rank in 1968
- #14
- Babies in 1968
- 16,525
- Rank in 2025
- #1,272
- Total since 1880
- 586,465
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name slipped from #790 in 2015 to #1,272 in 2025: 357 girls got it in 2015, and 176 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade was the 1970s, when 103,236 girls were named Christine, #22 for the decade. It ranked #165 in the 1880s and #1,153 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 89 in 1880 (#153), 383 in 1900 (#151), 2,181 in 1920 (#118), 2,162 in 1940 (#118), 9,874 in 1960 (#40), 7,085 in 1980 (#41), 1,442 in 2000 (#217) and 248 in 2020 (#1,015).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 17,548, in 1952. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more girls for 1952 than for 1968, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #14, first reached in 1967.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Christine, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 89 | #153 |
| 1881 | 67 | #185 |
| 1882 | 75 | #183 |
| 1883 | 103 | #163 |
| 1884 | 129 | #155 |
| 1885 | 132 | #159 |
| 1886 | 151 | #154 |
| 1887 | 161 | #153 |
| 1888 | 170 | #170 |
| 1889 | 189 | #159 |
| 1890 | 220 | #161 |
| 1891 | 161 | #185 |
| 1892 | 222 | #167 |
| 1893 | 244 | #160 |
| 1894 | 267 | #160 |
| 1895 | 295 | #151 |
| 1896 | 274 | #161 |
| 1897 | 281 | #159 |
| 1898 | 302 | #166 |
| 1899 | 299 | #154 |
| 1900 | 383 | #151 |
| 1901 | 275 | #165 |
| 1902 | 323 | #160 |
| 1903 | 363 | #146 |
| 1904 | 325 | #165 |
| 1905 | 344 | #160 |
| 1906 | 408 | #146 |
| 1907 | 452 | #145 |
| 1908 | 504 | #138 |
| 1909 | 524 | #137 |
| 1910 | 665 | #123 |
| 1911 | 686 | #124 |
| 1912 | 944 | #123 |
| 1913 | 1,045 | #124 |
| 1914 | 1,374 | #117 |
| 1915 | 1,625 | #125 |
| 1916 | 1,787 | #121 |
| 1917 | 1,843 | #120 |
| 1918 | 2,014 | #119 |
| 1919 | 2,111 | #116 |
| 1920 | 2,181 | #118 |
| 1921 | 2,301 | #118 |
| 1922 | 2,267 | #116 |
| 1923 | 2,257 | #120 |
| 1924 | 2,325 | #115 |
| 1925 | 2,254 | #123 |
| 1926 | 2,213 | #120 |
| 1927 | 2,346 | #117 |
| 1928 | 2,177 | #120 |
| 1929 | 2,013 | #123 |
| 1930 | 1,995 | #124 |
| 1931 | 1,884 | #125 |
| 1932 | 1,859 | #127 |
| 1933 | 1,794 | #128 |
| 1934 | 1,920 | #121 |
| 1935 | 1,744 | #130 |
| 1936 | 1,723 | #131 |
| 1937 | 1,742 | #135 |
| 1938 | 1,843 | #129 |
| 1939 | 1,985 | #124 |
| 1940 | 2,162 | #118 |
| 1941 | 2,471 | #101 |
| 1942 | 2,900 | #96 |
| 1943 | 3,316 | #84 |
| 1944 | 3,584 | #75 |
| 1945 | 4,077 | #62 |
| 1946 | 6,202 | #50 |
| 1947 | 8,379 | #45 |
| 1948 | 9,677 | #35 |
| 1949 | 11,797 | #30 |
| 1950 | 12,673 | #28 |
| 1951 | 15,017 | #24 |
| 1952 | 17,548 | #20 |
| 1953 | 11,793 | #32 |
| 1954 | 8,788 | #43 |
| 1955 | 9,042 | #40 |
| 1956 | 9,371 | #42 |
| 1957 | 9,575 | #41 |
| 1958 | 10,062 | #43 |
| 1959 | 9,471 | #43 |
| 1960 | 9,874 | #40 |
| 1961 | 10,598 | #39 |
| 1962 | 11,196 | #39 |
| 1963 | 13,387 | #29 |
| 1964 | 14,270 | #28 |
| 1965 | 15,204 | #21 |
| 1966 | 15,546 | #20 |
| 1967 | 15,991 | #14 |
| 1968 | 16,525 | #14 |
| 1969 | 16,752 | #14 |
| 1970 | 16,061 | #14 |
| 1971 | 13,678 | #18 |
| 1972 | 11,986 | #16 |
| 1973 | 10,549 | #17 |
| 1974 | 9,901 | #19 |
| 1975 | 9,103 | #22 |
| 1976 | 8,111 | #26 |
| 1977 | 7,886 | #30 |
| 1978 | 8,272 | #29 |
| 1979 | 7,689 | #35 |
| 1980 | 7,085 | #41 |
| 1981 | 6,854 | #42 |
| 1982 | 6,555 | #46 |
| 1983 | 6,499 | #47 |
| 1984 | 7,299 | #43 |
| 1985 | 7,441 | #44 |
| 1986 | 6,917 | #47 |
| 1987 | 6,620 | #48 |
| 1988 | 6,612 | #51 |
| 1989 | 6,134 | #59 |
| 1990 | 5,679 | #62 |
| 1991 | 4,806 | #73 |
| 1992 | 4,150 | #82 |
| 1993 | 3,477 | #90 |
| 1994 | 3,163 | #104 |
| 1995 | 2,815 | #114 |
| 1996 | 2,371 | #135 |
| 1997 | 1,942 | #159 |
| 1998 | 1,715 | #175 |
| 1999 | 1,500 | #204 |
| 2000 | 1,442 | #217 |
| 2001 | 1,247 | #255 |
| 2002 | 1,027 | #304 |
| 2003 | 942 | #335 |
| 2004 | 844 | #370 |
| 2005 | 793 | #396 |
| 2006 | 731 | #436 |
| 2007 | 618 | #512 |
| 2008 | 569 | #542 |
| 2009 | 491 | #615 |
| 2010 | 433 | #669 |
| 2011 | 381 | #724 |
| 2012 | 434 | #656 |
| 2013 | 398 | #704 |
| 2014 | 410 | #690 |
| 2015 | 357 | #790 |
| 2016 | 390 | #727 |
| 2017 | 350 | #785 |
| 2018 | 291 | #920 |
| 2019 | 287 | #922 |
| 2020 | 248 | #1,015 |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,138 |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,120 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,168 |
| 2024 | 198 | #1,196 |
| 2025 | 176 | #1,272 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.