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Cristina

Gender
Girl
Say it
kris-TEE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,622 for girls

Cristina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,622nd for girls in the US (128 babies).

What does Cristina mean?

Greek: Italian, Spanish and Romanian form of Christina

“follower of Christ”

The Italian, Spanish and Romanian form of Christina.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Cristina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 128 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cristina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,856th among girls
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Cristina, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 39 girls.

Half of all the girls named Cristina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. 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 Cristina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #676, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 39 in 20172025
Cristina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20249#2,832
202316#1,873
202217#1,794
202118#1,726
202020#1,587
201920#1,599
201827#1,298
201739#1,009
201617#1,853
201520#1,622
201418#1,722
201324#1,433
201223#1,474
201118#1,696
201018#1,694
200924#1,330
200815#1,840
200719#1,477
200619#1,418
20059#2,360
200419#1,293
200321#1,156
200224#1,016
200120#1,118
200023#1,016
199919#1,149
199817#1,238
199727#895
199620#1,061

How popular is Cristina in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,622nd among girls
Babies in 2025
128 about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 128 girls in the US were named Cristina, making it the 1,622nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,294th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 1,763 girls. It first appears in the records in 1906.

2025 had fewer girls named Cristina than any year since 1959.

Half of all the girls named Cristina in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 603 girls in the US were given Cristina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #510, up from #1,622 for this spelling alone.

1906Busiest: 1,763 in 19902025
Cristina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025128#1,622
2024163#1,383
2023163#1,377
2022148#1,478
2021155#1,405
2020171#1,294
2019180#1,283
2018209#1,159
2017210#1,172
2016240#1,082
2015234#1,106
2014256#1,018
2013264#957
2012268#949
2011309#852
2010351#783
2009405#711
2008505#605
2007582#537
2006615#495
2005627#487
2004697#439
2003836#365
2002869#344
2001908#336
2000913#338
1999876#342
1998952#315
1997947#305
19961,150#246
19951,234#230
19941,285#220
19931,549#187
19921,664#185
19911,700#177
19901,763#165
19891,733#166
19881,484#188
19871,479#185
19861,707#163
19851,650#171
19841,444#190
19831,521#179
19821,422#196
19811,347#201
19801,248#211
19791,124#233
19781,088#228
19771,007#246
1976975#243
1975880#276
1974773#305
1973682#326
1972656#342
1971708#351
1970569#405
1969579#392
1968518#411
1967398#478
1966348#506
1965326#529
1964309#559
1963229#665
1962189#758
1961187#761
1960146#858
1959124#940
1958134#877
1957100#1,043
1956109#964
1955102#988
195474#1,153
195389#1,017
195282#1,038
195192#969
195093#923
194985#969
194880#970
194767#1,085
194644#1,305
194532#1,417
194445#1,174
194343#1,227
194227#1,591
194125#1,569
194022#1,682
193923#1,585
193817#1,945
193720#1,735
193620#1,691
193525#1,483
193427#1,409
193328#1,364
193218#1,876
193132#1,287
193037#1,232
192940#1,174
192838#1,238
192736#1,331
192629#1,513
192530#1,503
192421#1,925
192335#1,327
192219#2,027
192124#1,765
192020#1,952
191928#1,481
191821#1,805
191713#2,427
191613#2,368
191522#1,571
191412#2,009
191315#1,528
19125#2,977
19115#2,463
19106#2,140
19095#2,208
19086#1,862
19079#1,384
19068#1,416

Nicknames for Cristina

Names like Cristina

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

Jessica, Athena, Francesca, Lara, Alexandra, Elena, Melissa, Cassandra, Fatima, Alana, Maria, Selena

Other spellings of Cristina

Christina, Kristina, Khristina

Names related to Cristina

Christine, Christiana, Kristin, Christiane, Cristiana, Christin

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

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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, “Cristina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristina, updated 20 October 2026.