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Cristina

Meaning: Follower of Christ
Origin: Italian/Portuguese/Spanish (from Ancient Greek) — Variant of Christina

Girl's name · #1622 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Cristina reached #163 in 1986 and has faded to #1622 since. About 52,000 girls have carried it since 1906.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#155 in Mexico (2024) · #216 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,832 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,509 in Canada (2024).

Famous Cristinas

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner — President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
Cristina Scabbia — Italian singer
Cristina Neagu — Romanian handball player
Cristina Peri Rossi — Uruguayan writer (born 1941)
Cristina Scarlat — Moldovan singer

In stories & tradition

Cristina Yang — Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Cristina Rose Scofield^nl — Prison Break (TV series)
Cristina — Eduardo e Cristina (Italian opera)

What Cristinas become

Among 1,832 notable people named Cristina:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cristina Roccati, Italian scientist (1732–1797).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Christina (#770) and Kristina (#1724), Cristina would rank around #496 with about 600 births last year — the newborns split about 59/21/20 across Christina, Cristina, and Kristina.

Similar names: Kristina · Adrienne · Christine · Katrina · Sonia · Krystal

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