# Kristine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kristine/  
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 | Kirstie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 84,514 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 185 / 84,329 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 109, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 110 | 1,833 |
| 2012 | 103 | 1,925 |
| 2013 | 101 | 1,961 |
| 2014 | 89 | 2,148 |
| 2015 | 77 | 2,392 |
| 2016 | 81 | 2,336 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,525 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,521 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,805 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,523 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,022 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,799 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3,353 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,861 |
| 2025 | 49 | 3,228 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 9 | 3,414 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,184 |
| 1972 | 11 | 3,072 |
| 1973 | 14 | 2,659 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,969 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,307 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,749 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,761 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,918 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,013 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,955 |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,687 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,618 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,961 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,976 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Kristine

- Kristine Froseth, American actress
- Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
- Kristine Sutherland, American actress
- Kristine DeBell, American actress
- Kristine Andersen, Danish handball player
- Kristine Esebua, Georgian archer
- Kristine Norelius, American rower
- Kristine Roug, Danish sailor
- Kristine Miller, actress
- Kristine W, American singer-songwriter
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American writer and editor
- Kristine Hermosa, Filipino actress

## 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.