first name
CHRISTINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 482,596 people named Christine, 80.6% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Black and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Christine peaked in 1952, when 17,577 babies got the name.
At least 588,495 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Christine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #57. The largest share of babies named Christine, 35.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Christine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christine has been most common in Rhode Island (2.1×), Massachusetts (1.9×), and Connecticut (1.7×), and least common in Texas (0.44×).
576,930 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Christine
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christine, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Christine ranks #19,172 of 156,621, with 1,416 people. See Christine as a last name
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