Krisztina

Girls' name

English equivalent of Christina

Krisztina has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 1986. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1986, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Krisztina, 1998

1 in 735,000

Krisztina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Krisztina: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Christina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Krisztina means

Krisztina is a English equivalent of Christina.

Origin, language, and formation

Krisztina is used in Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christina.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Krisztina is pronounced [ˈkristinɒ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 27 girls were recorded with the name Krisztina between 1986 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1986; its best national rank was #10,175 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Krisztina?

Krisztina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1998, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1998: 1 in 735,000; 5 of 3,677,189 births
Among girls only: 1 in 353,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1998: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 509,768 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Krisztina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1998 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 509,768 children born in 1998 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Krisztina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Krisztinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Krisztina was born before 1994 — so the typical Krisztina is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 77.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 27; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 77.8% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Krisztina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1986 (6)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,175; 1986

Spellings of Krisztina

Krisztina is not the most common spelling — Kristin is, with 38.7% against Krisztina's <0.01%.

Kristin38.7%179,313
Kristina29.5%136,765
Kristine18.2%84,329
Cristina11.3%52,428
Krystina1.0%4,819
Kristiana0.60%2,796
Khristina0.28%1,275
Kristena0.16%752

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Krisztina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,175; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 6 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 27
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Krisztina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Krisztina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Domonique Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Sade Janay Santana

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Garrick

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