Christina
- Pronunciation
- [Ch-ris-ti-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Christiana. Follower Of Christ.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Christina
Christina descends from the Latin Christiana, the feminine form of Christianus meaning "follower of Christ" — referring originally to early Christians (the term first appeared in Antioch, per Acts 11:26). The Latinate Christina has been used continuously across Italian, Spanish, German, and broader European Catholic naming traditions for centuries.
Notable bearers include American actress Christina Aguilera (Christina María Aguilera, born 1980, the iconic American singer-songwriter whose career through her 1999 self-titled debut and her continuous Grammy-winning output made her one of the foundational figures of late-20th and early-21st-century American pop and R&B); American actress Christina Applegate (born 1971, the American actress of Fox's Married... with Children 1987–1997); American actress Christina Ricci (born 1980, the iconic American actress of The Addams Family 1991 and Casper 1995); and the iconic Swedish queen Queen Christina of Sweden (1626–1689).
Christina held a US top-25 girls' rank from 1965 through 1990 — about a quarter century of consistent American popularity, peaking around 1981 at #11 in the United States. The name has receded since but remains in steady use, currently sitting in the US top 300 girls' rank. The name's appeal is its layered Latin-Catholic-Latinate pedigree combined with three flowing syllables — the in-built Christ-classical religious anchor, the strong Christina Aguilera contemporary music cultural anchor and Queen Christina historical anchor, and tonal warmth distinctive to Latinate naming. Common nicknames Chris (gender-neutral, also a popular standalone name on its own), Christy, Tina (back-end shortening, a popular standalone name), Christa, Christie, Kristy, Kristen, and the rare Stina each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Christina, Cristina, Kristina, and Christine have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Cristina (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese), Christine (French/German), Kristina (Slavic), Christine (English alternate), and the original Latin Christiana.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Christina
US Popularity History (1964–2025)
Annual US births named Christina by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1985 with 16,600 girls named Christina (girl rank #12 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #770 for girls (352 US births). That's 758 places below its 1985 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Christina Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Christina the strongest states are Connecticut, Nevada, New York.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #402 | 49 |
| 2 | Nevada | #440 | 34 |
| 3 | New York | #445 | 412 |
| 4 | Nebraska | #445 | 15 |
| 5 | Florida | #460 | 391 |
| 6 | Arkansas | #474 | 26 |
| 7 | Georgia | #484 | 215 |
| 8 | Kansas | #492 | 33 |
| 9 | Mississippi | #523 | 23 |
| 10 | Iowa | #531 | 24 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado | #715 | 50 |
| 2 | Washington | #701 | 89 |
| 3 | Ohio | #690 | 138 |
| 4 | Alabama | #600 | 57 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #598 | 172 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #592 | 54 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #592 | 76 |
| 8 | Louisiana | #588 | 42 |
| 9 | Virginia | #585 | 124 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #585 | 116 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Christina in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | Abbreviation Of Christopher And Christian. | Male | English |
| Christie | Christian | Male | Scottish |
| Christy | Abbreviation Of Christine. Follower Of Christ. | Female | Scottish |
| Cris | Variant Abbreviation Of Christopher And Christian. | Male | Spanish |
| Kit | Nickname For Christopher. Frontiersman Kit Carson. | Male | English |
Famous People Named Christina
2 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Christina.
- Christina Aguilera — Pop Singer (1980)
- Christina Milian — R&B Singer (1981)
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Compare Christina to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Christina against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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