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Cristina

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

Girl's name · #1622 in the US (2025) · 80s

Cristina has appeared in US records since 1906 — best rank #163 (1986) · 52,428 babies named Cristina all-time · 1 in 13,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,700 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Cristinas

• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner — president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
• Cristina Scabbia — Italian singer
• Cristina Neagu — Romanian handball player
• Cristina Peri Rossi — Uruguayan writer (born 1941)
• Cristina Scarlat — Moldovan singer

In stories & tradition

• Cristina Yang — Grey's Anatomy
• Cristina Rose Scofield — Prison Break
• Cristina — Eduardo e Cristina

What Cristinas become

Among 1,832 notable people named Cristina:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cristina Roccati, Italian scientist (1732-1797).

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