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Kristina

Meaning: Follower of Christ
Origin: Variant of Christina (from Ancient Greek)

Nicknames: Kris, Krissie

Girl's name · #1724 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Kristina reached #57 in 1985 and has faded to #1724 since. About 137,000 girls have carried it since 1915.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#112 in Slovenia (2025) · #443 in Poland (2025) · #513 in Norway (2025) · #709 in Austria (2025) · #754 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #2,822 in France (2025) · #1,778 in Canada (2024).

Famous Kristinas

Kristina Mladenovic — French and Serbian tennis player
Kristína Peláková — Slovak singer
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi — Estonian cross-country skier and politician (born 1977)
Kristina Orbakaitė — Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress (born 1971)
Kristina Schröder — German politician (CDU)

In stories & tradition

Kristina Davis — General Hospital (TV series)
Kristina Frye — The Mentalist (TV series)
Kristina — The Makropulos Affair (musical stage work)

What Kristinas become

Among 2,035 notable people named Kristina:

Medical professionals appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kristina Hänel, German physician.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Christina (#770) and Cristina (#1622), Kristina would rank around #496 with about 600 births last year — the newborns split about 59/21/20 across Christina, Cristina, and Kristina.

Similar names: Cristina · Natasha · Christine · Christiana · Kaydence · Krystal

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