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Christina

Gender
Girl
Say it
kris-TEE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#929 for girls
US rank, 2025
#770 for girls

Christina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 929th for girls in the UK (40 babies) and 770th for girls in the US (352 babies).

What does Christina mean?

Greek: feminine of Latin Christianus, from Greek christos

“follower of Christ”

Queen Christina of Sweden, who abdicated in 1654, and the poet Christina Rossetti are famous bearers.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Christina a girl's or a boy's name?

Christina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the UK and 352 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Christina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#929among girls
Babies in 2025
40about 1 in 7,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 44% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were named Christina, making it the 929th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 300 girls.

Half of all the girls named Christina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 55 girls in the UK were given Christina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #676, up from #929 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#99), 1944 (#74) and 1954 (#81).

1996Busiest: 300 in 19962025
Christina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202540#929
202430#1,176
202348#813
202252#757
202158#711
202053#762
201975#584
201881#569
201777#604
2016102#470
2015103#468
201479#583
201398#471
2012112#446
2011106#453
2010130#384
2009137#356
2008148#340
2007148#336
2006158#315
2005159#303
2004170#279
2003204#245
2002174#264
2001185#248
2000184#251
1999192#239
1998243#195
1997251#196
1996300#166

How popular is Christina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#770among girls
Babies in 2025
352about 1 in 4,600 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 352 girls in the US were named Christina, making it the 770th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 16,600 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Christina than any year since 1940.

Half of all the girls named Christina in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 603 girls in the US were given Christina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #510, up from #770 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 16,600 in 19852025
Christina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025352#770
2024399#704
2023405#702
2022397#733
2021475#627
2020481#606
2019596#522
2018728#434
2017786#398
2016850#389
2015983#333
20141,030#321
20131,071#299
20121,125#283
20111,184#269
20101,289#247
20091,472#221
20081,678#200
20072,025#174
20062,230#158
20052,452#134
20042,736#123
20033,117#109
20023,391#97
20013,742#80
20004,332#73
19994,296#75
19984,533#69
19975,182#62
19965,804#57
19956,953#45
19947,668#39
19938,289#35
19929,444#33
199110,564#31
199011,927#25
198913,141#23
198812,954#22
198713,816#20
198614,384#19
198516,600#12
198414,705#20
198315,357#16
198214,518#19
198114,392#17
198016,141#15
197916,454#14
197816,367#15
197714,501#16
197614,033#14
197512,980#12
197410,849#16
197310,888#16
197210,172#26
19719,915#30
19709,588#35
19699,323#37
19688,016#44
19676,600#53
19665,341#67
19654,979#74
19644,701#88
19634,028#107
19623,624#124
19613,467#132
19602,711#154
19592,348#165
19582,309#165
19572,251#170
19562,112#173
19551,811#184
19541,387#214
19531,772#177
19522,169#155
19511,960#158
19501,725#165
19491,832#160
19481,493#184
19471,284#207
1946964#231
1945776#238
1944760#237
1943580#288
1942433#335
1941373#339
1940344#350
1939262#418
1938291#393
1937250#410
1936253#402
1935274#383
1934284#376
1933271#393
1932251#410
1931292#376
1930317#386
1929333#365
1928371#351
1927342#372
1926349#357
1925375#350
1924385#345
1923357#351
1922372#334
1921383#337
1920384#333
1919386#321
1918346#353
1917361#325
1916346#326
1915339#325
1914291#306
1913216#325
1912202#321
1911148#325
1910130#347
1909120#331
1908118#326
1907128#307
1906120#305
1905118#308
1904123#288
190390#326
1902111#301
1901110#282
1900132#283
1899112#270
1898131#263
1897120#259
1896118#264
1895126#248
1894121#245
1893139#219
1892127#230
1891124#214
1890139#200
1889142#190
1888114#215
188792#216
188698#198
1885107#178
188483#208
188369#210
188264#208
188182#163
188065#186

Nicknames for Christina

Names like Christina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Melissa Georgina Cassandra Alexandra Francesca Rebecca Lara Emily Lydia Tabitha Athena

Other spellings of Christina

Cristina Kristina Khristina

Names related to Christina

Christine Christiana Christiane Cristiana Christianna Christen Christin

More Greek names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Christina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christina, updated 20 October 2026.