Christina: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced kris-TEE-nuh · 3 syllables

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Christiana (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.

How popular is Christina?

Christina was the #770 name in the US in 2025, given to 352 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 59% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Christina in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Christina are older than 44; most are between 25 and 65. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Christina have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Christina is pronounced kris-TEE-nuh.

Christina was the #770 name in the US in 2025, given to 352 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 59% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Christina are older than 44. Most are between 25 and 65.