Christina

“Variant of Christian — Follower of Christ” — Ancient Greek, via Latin and French origin

Girl's name · #770 in the US (2025) · 80s

Christina reached its best rank, #12, in 1975 and ranked #770 in 2025. About 480,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Christina's short forms are Tina, Christy, Kristi, Krista, and Cris. Together with its spelling variants Cristina (#1622) and Kristina (#1724), Christina would rank around #496 with about 600 births last year — the newborns split about 59/21/20 across Christina, Cristina, and Kristina.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,100 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Christinas

Christina Aguilera — American singer, songwriter and actress
Christina Ricci — American actress (born 1980)
Christina of Sweden — Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)
Christina Applegate — American actress (born 1971)
Christina Rossetti — English poet (1830–1894)

In stories & tradition

Christina Alessi — Neighbours
Christina Boudreau — Three's Company
Christina Wendall — Hemlock Grove

What Christinas become

Among 3,465 notable people named Christina:

Medical professionals appear 3.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Christina Aistrup Hansen, Danish nurse who killed several patients.

Similar names: Cristina · Jamie · Christine · Katrina · Tiffany · Crystal

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