# Cristina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cristina/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 52,698 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 270 / 52,428 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 536, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Cristina.

## 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 | 309 | 853 |
| 2012 | 268 | 950 |
| 2013 | 264 | 958 |
| 2014 | 256 | 1,019 |
| 2015 | 234 | 1,107 |
| 2016 | 240 | 1,083 |
| 2017 | 210 | 1,174 |
| 2018 | 209 | 1,159 |
| 2019 | 180 | 1,284 |
| 2020 | 171 | 1,295 |
| 2021 | 155 | 1,407 |
| 2022 | 148 | 1,479 |
| 2023 | 163 | 1,380 |
| 2024 | 163 | 1,386 |
| 2025 | 128 | 1,622 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 11 | 3,749 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,394 |
| 1986 | 22 | 2,441 |
| 1987 | 23 | 2,410 |
| 1988 | 9 | 4,859 |
| 1989 | 14 | 3,844 |
| 1990 | 18 | 3,336 |
| 1991 | 13 | 4,277 |
| 1992 | 14 | 4,143 |
| 1993 | 12 | 4,763 |
| 1994 | 15 | 4,123 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,136 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,618 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,437 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,356 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 35 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Cristina

- Cristina Deutekom, Dutch operatic soprano (1931–2014)
- Cristina Vee, American voice actress
- Cristina Teuscher, American swimmer
- Cristina Umaña, actress
- Cristina Rota, Argentine actress and drama teacher
- Cristina Llovera, Andorran sprinter
- Paula Cristina Gonçalves, Brazilian tennis player
- Cristina Saralegui, American journalist
- Cristina Martín-Prieto, association football player
- Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias, Brazilian senator of the Republic   and former minister of Agriculture
- Cristina Raines, American actress
- Cristina, American singer (1956-2020)

## 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.