How rare is the name Cristina?

81,417 people in the United States have the first name Cristina, about 1 in 3,710. It ranks #647 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CRISTINA

#647

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
81,417
About
1 in 3,710
This common or more
63.1%
Who bears it

Of the 81,417 people named Cristina, 70.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% as White and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cristina peaked in 1990, when 1,781 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
1,781
In 2025*
128 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 52,698 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Cristina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #364. The largest share of babies named Cristina, 46.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#3,25328
1910s#3,347140
1920s#2,713292
1930s#2,727247
1940s#2,125470
1950s#1,679999
1960s#9713,229
1970s#5398,492
1980s#36415,174
1990s#45213,214
2000s#8356,964
2010s#1,8842,521
2020s#2,656928
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–644.4%
Generation X 1965–8022.6%
Millennials 1981–9646.2%
Generation Z 1997–1220.3%
2013 and later4.8%

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 Cristina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cristina has been most common in California (2.9×), Texas (2.3×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in South Carolina (0.06×).

48,948 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.

Also a last name

As a last name, Cristina ranks #49,659 of 156,621, with 457 people. See Cristina as a last name

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