Kristine
Kristine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. Its best rank was 104th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19703,532 births
- Best rank
- #104in 1966
- Since 1916
- 84,275people given the name
The story in the numbers
84,275 girls have been named Kristine in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 3,532 births — 0.20% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 39 births in 2024, against 3,532 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 29%. It has spent 62 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kristine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 4,046 | |
| 1950s | 12,075 | |
| 1960s | 24,125 | |
| 1970s | 20,543 | |
| 1980s | 13,567 | |
| 1990s | 6,541 | |
| 2000s | 2,040 | |
| 2010s | 890 | |
| 2020s | 225 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Kristine was the 109th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Kristine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kristenepeak 1971
- Michaellepeak 1967
- Cristinepeak 1969
- Deedrapeak 1970
- Carynpeak 1965
- Karynpeak 1964
- Rochellpeak 1971
- Deanapeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.