# Kristina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kristina/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Krissie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 137,118 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 353 / 136,765 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,151, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina

## 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 | 440 | 649 |
| 2012 | 409 | 689 |
| 2013 | 357 | 763 |
| 2014 | 362 | 776 |
| 2015 | 380 | 741 |
| 2016 | 320 | 880 |
| 2017 | 272 | 967 |
| 2018 | 233 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 215 | 1,130 |
| 2020 | 170 | 1,300 |
| 2021 | 171 | 1,318 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,460 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1,574 |
| 2024 | 117 | 1,741 |
| 2025 | 118 | 1,724 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 21 | 2,344 |
| 1980 | 16 | 2,903 |
| 1981 | 14 | 3,140 |
| 1982 | 20 | 2,477 |
| 1983 | 18 | 2,624 |
| 1984 | 16 | 2,890 |
| 1985 | 18 | 2,779 |
| 1986 | 15 | 3,212 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,874 |
| 1988 | 25 | 2,407 |
| 1989 | 25 | 2,577 |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,297 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,215 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,415 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,874 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 60 | 690 |
| 2013 | 43 | 865 |
| 2014 | 38 | 963 |
| 2015 | 43 | 860 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 31 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 38 | 952 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Kristina

- Kristina Mladenovic, French and Serbian tennis player
- Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian cross-country skier and politician (born 1977)
- Kristina Anapau, American actress
- Kristina Akheeva, Australian actress and model
- Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
- Kristina Brenk, Children's writer, poet and editor (1911-2009)
- Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
- Kristina Klebe, American actress
- Kristina Mundt, East German rower
- Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, German dressage rider (born 1986)
- Kristina Rose, American pornographic actress
- Kristina Jørgensen, Danish handball player

## 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.