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Kristina

Gender
Girl
Say it
kris-TEE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,721 for girls

Kristina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,721st for girls in the US (118 babies).

What does Kristina mean?

Greek: Scandinavian and Slavic form of Christina, via Latin

“follower of Christ”

Queen Kristina of Sweden (1626-1689) famously abdicated her throne and converted to Catholicism.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Kristina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kristina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 61% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Kristina, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 71 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Kristina since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Kristina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. 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 Kristina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #676, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 71 in 19962025
Kristina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20249#2,832
202317#1,798
202229#1,211
202118#1,726
202023#1,431
201921#1,531
201839#995
201733#1,127
201642#942
201550#830
201440#983
201349#829
201262#713
201146#858
201055#727
200963#643
200841#876
200761#639
200649#703
200531#943
200442#731
200344#699
200235#786
200147#621
200060#531
199945#633
199862#519
199766#493
199671#460

How popular is Kristina in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,721st among girls
Babies in 2025
118 about 1 in 14,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 118 girls in the US were named Kristina, making it the 1,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,299th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 5,566 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the girls named Kristina in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 603 girls in the US were given Kristina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #510, up from #1,721 for this spelling alone.

1915Busiest: 5,566 in 19852025
Kristina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025118#1,721
2024117#1,732
2023135#1,569
2022152#1,456
2021171#1,317
2020170#1,299
2019215#1,125
2018233#1,083
2017272#967
2016320#876
2015380#740
2014362#774
2013357#761
2012409#688
2011440#648
2010501#585
2009591#510
2008636#496
2007725#445
2006799#402
2005903#349
2004973#325
20031,034#298
20021,160#273
20011,283#249
20001,433#218
19991,453#215
19981,612#192
19971,865#163
19962,180#148
19952,437#130
19942,875#113
19933,091#104
19923,466#93
19913,876#87
19904,389#77
19894,803#65
19884,578#68
19875,018#62
19864,840#62
19855,566#57
19844,328#68
19834,382#63
19824,149#70
19814,061#72
19804,222#73
19794,130#74
19784,229#64
19773,539#83
19762,972#97
19752,747#103
19742,890#101
19733,037#97
19722,924#112
19713,057#117
19703,125#125
19692,465#136
19682,135#152
19671,785#181
19661,529#205
19651,372#230
19641,036#281
1963777#338
1962629#375
1961561#411
1960423#478
1959357#516
1958350#517
1957353#507
1956351#498
1955356#480
1954269#540
1953251#550
1952377#442
1951333#454
1950282#482
1949257#505
1948216#565
1947153#678
1946133#698
194582#830
194455#1,052
194341#1,274
194221#1,859
194119#1,882
194016#2,028
193911#2,590
193811#2,578
19379#2,939
19365#4,179
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19215#5,097
19205#4,973
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19155#4,272

Nicknames for Kristina

Names like Kristina

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

Jessica, Francesca, Melissa, Alexandra, Lara, Athena, Georgina, Fatima, Tabitha, Elena, Holly, Katrina

Other spellings of Kristina

Christina, Cristina, Khristina

Names related to Kristina

Kristen, Kristiana, Krystyna, Kristin, Kirstin, Kristine, Kristyn, Krystina

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