# Christina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “christian (woman)” |
| Pronunciation | /kɹɪsˈtiːnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Chrissie, Christy, Kristi, Kia |
| Variant spellings | Kristina, Xtina, Krystina |
| US babies named this | 481,707 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,989 / 479,718 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,204, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,184 | 269 |
| 2012 | 1,125 | 283 |
| 2013 | 1,071 | 299 |
| 2014 | 1,030 | 321 |
| 2015 | 983 | 333 |
| 2016 | 850 | 389 |
| 2017 | 786 | 398 |
| 2018 | 728 | 434 |
| 2019 | 596 | 522 |
| 2020 | 481 | 607 |
| 2021 | 475 | 627 |
| 2022 | 397 | 733 |
| 2023 | 405 | 702 |
| 2024 | 399 | 705 |
| 2025 | 352 | 770 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 43 | 1,933 |
| 1995 | 20 | 3,326 |
| 1996 | 27 | 2,764 |
| 1997 | 13 | 4,704 |
| 1998 | 19 | 3,726 |
| 1999 | 13 | 5,085 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,396 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6,541 |
| 2002 | 16 | 4,736 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7,977 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,064 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,745 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,745 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9,949 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,047 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 502 |
| 2012 | 88 | 499 |
| 2013 | 82 | 509 |
| 2014 | 64 | 629 |
| 2015 | 89 | 487 |
| 2016 | 87 | 499 |
| 2017 | 65 | 637 |
| 2018 | 67 | 614 |
| 2019 | 63 | 623 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 51 | 734 |
| 2022 | 48 | 762 |
| 2023 | 41 | 865 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 32 | 1,051 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Христи́на
- Catalan: Cristina
- Chinese: 克里斯蒂娜
- Czech: Kristína, Kristýna
- Danish: Christine
- Dutch: Christina
- Estonian: Kristiina
- Finnish: Kristiina
- French: Christine
- Georgian: ქრისტინე
- German: Christine
- Greek: Χριστίνα, Κριστίνα
- Hungarian: Krisztina
- Italian: Cristina
- Japanese: クリスティーナ
- Korean: 크리스티나
- Latvian: Kristīna, Kristīne
- Norwegian: Kristine
- Polish: Krystyna
- Portuguese: Cristina

## People named Christina

- Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter and actress
- Christina Ricci, American actress (born 1980)
- Christina Applegate, American actress (born 1971)
- Christina Rossetti, English poet (1830–1894)
- Christina Hendricks, British-American actress (born 1975)
- Christina Grimmie, American singer (1994–2016)
- Christina Perri, American singer-songwriter
- Christina Milian, American actress and singer (born 1981)
- Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
- Christina McHale, American female tennis player
- Christina Obergföll, German athlete
- Christina of Bolsena, Christian martyr

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.