as a First Name
(French) form of Christina. It was popular in the medieval period, when it appears to have been used interchangeably with Christian, and again in Britain at the end of the 19th century. In the United States it was particularly popular from the 1950s to the 1970s.
| 73rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Christina, Christin, Christen, Christy, Christiane, Christiana, Christie, Christene, Christi, Christa
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 596,727
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Christine per capita
- 1968
- marked the height of its popularity
99.94%
0.06%
28%
55+
55+
54%
30-54
30-54
14%
13-29
13-29
4%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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