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Christena

Christena is a girl's name that peaked in 1975, when it was the 1,838th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2021. About 1,500 Christenas are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 49.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 13 25 38 50 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Christena

By the numbers

Total US births
2,844
Estimated living today
1,500
Median age today
49
Peak year
1975
Best rank
1,838th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1880

How old the living Christenas are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 13 25 38 50 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 2,844 babies given the name since 1880, about 1,500 are alive — 51 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1976 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Where Christena is most common

Relative to how many babies each state records, Christena is most concentrated in Indiana (8.4×), Ohio (3.8×), California (2.3×).

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1975

The most popular girls’ names the year Christena peaked:

All the names of 1975

Related names

Christena against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.