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Christine

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
1960s/1970s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

“French form of Christina, from Christianus, 'a Christian'”

Goes by Chris, Chrissy, Tina. See all nicknames

Famously borne by Christine Sinclair, international soccer's all-time leading scorer.

The story

Christine is the French dress on a very old idea: it comes through Christina from the Latin Christianus, 'a Christian', a name Europe wore for centuries in honor of the faith. English-speaking America borrowed the French form and made it a generational signature: the curve climbs from the 1940s, peaks in the 1960s, and steps down gently through the decades after, so a Christine often carries her era lightly in her name. The wider family runs from Christina and Kristin to Cristina and Kirsten, with Chris and Chrissy as the everyday shortcuts.

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Christine across languages

One shared root links 18 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Latin Christianus, "a Christian" (Christos, "anointed", at the root), with Christina as its feminine and an entire Nordic branch of spellings

The constellation

ChristineFrenchChristianEnglishCristinaSpanishKristinaScandinavianKristineScandinavianKristinScandinavianKristenScandinavianKirstenDanishCristianSpanish
9 more branches of this family
ChristinaEnglish · feminine formChristianaEnglish · related formChristaGerman · short formKristaGerman · variantChristyEnglish · diminutiveChristieEnglish · diminutiveKristiEnglish · variantKristyEnglish · variantKristianScandinavian · variant

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How popular is Christine around the world?

In the United States, 1,263 babies were named Christine between 2020 and 2025. In Norway, 4 girls were given the name Christine in 2025.

Christine is on the official records of the United States, Norway, South Australia, Canada, Ireland, Austria, Spain, England and Wales, France, Chile, Mexico City, Argentina and Brazil.

United States

1 in 17,000

In the United States, 1,263 babies were named Christine between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1960s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Christine peaked in the 1960s and the 1970s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Norway

1 in 6,700 · register 2026

In Norway, 4 girls were given the name Christine in 2025.

1945peak 19882025

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Christine in 2017.

peak 19492017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 12,000

In Canada, 31 girls named Christine were born in 2024, the 889th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 18,000

In Ireland, 3 girls named Christine were born in 2025, the 885th most common name among girls that year.

1964peak 19892025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Austria

1 in 25,000

In Austria, 3 girls named Christine were born in 2025, ranked 1,026th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

peak 19842025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Spain

1 in 32,000

In Spain, 1,413 residents are named Christine, ranked 1,187th among women, with a mean age of 60.4 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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England and Wales

1 in 33,000

In England and Wales, 18 girls named Christine were born in 2025, ranked 1,639th among girls that year.

peak 19962025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

1 in 43,000

In France, about 15 girls named Christine were born in 2025, ranked 2,194th among girls that year.

1900peak 19612025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Chile

1 in 45,000

In Chile, 4 girls were registered as Christine in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Mexico City City

1 in 59,000

In Mexico City, there were 2 registrations of Christine in 2022.

peak 20012022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 110,000

In Argentina, 6 newborns were given the name Christine in 2024.

2012peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Brazil

1 in 140,000

At the 2022 census, 1,334 people in Brazil were named Christine, ranked 6,825th, with a median age of 43.
Among people named Christine living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.

1940speak 1970s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 20 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Montevideo City

last on record 2010

Christine is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Christine is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

peak 19522025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2014

Christine is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1920peak 19532025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2023

Christine is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2003

Christine is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 33 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 2020

Christine is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

peak 19742024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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When you meet Christine

People given the name Christine in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Christine

Dominique Elizabeth Claire Jacqueline Lydia Joelle

Where Christine travels

Korean American · the French form of Christina; a dignified mid-century English church name still given today

Chinese American · the French form of Christina; a dignified mid-century classic

Keep exploring

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