How popular is the baby name Christina in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Christina.
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Both her parents were curlers, members of a tight-knit sport where an intense reverence for the game tends to bleed over into the players’ personal lives. And so it was only natural that Joe and Kristin Polo decided to name their future daughter Ailsa, after the Scottish island where the granite that makes curling rocks is mined.
(Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited islet located about 10 miles off the coast of southwestern Scotland. “Ailsa” may derive from the Old Irish word ail, meaning “rock.”)
After Randall’s birth on Dec. 31, 1982, Ronn wanted to name her Kikki, after Kiki Cutter, the first American skier, male or female, to win a race in a World Cup event, a slalom in 1968. Deborah preferred Meghan. They compromised on Kikkan.
(Kiki Cutter = Christina “Kiki” Cutter.)
From an article about Rose Collom in True West Magazine:
Rose was the perfect name for the Grand Canyon’s first official botanist, because self-taught Rose Collom blossomed when exposed to the state’s flora. … Rose discovered several varieties of plants previously unknown, and each was named after her.
For more quotes about names, check out the name quotes category.
Next Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, 30-year-old identical (and alliterative) triplets Leila, Liina, and Lily Luik of Estonia are expected to run the women’s marathon. This will make the “Trio in Rio,” as they call themselves, the first set of triplets to compete in an Olympics.
In comparison, about 200 sets of twins have competed in the Olympics over the years. Here are some of the Olympic twins with similarly alliterative names:
Åke & Arne (Sweden) – not technically alliterative; see JJ’s comment
Catarina & Christina (Sweden)
Darius & Donatas (Lithuania)
Darrin & Dan (USA)
Dennis & Duane (USA)
Dionísio & Domingos (Portugal)
Jean-Jacques & Jean-Marc (France)
Jodie & Julie (Canada)
Jules & Julian (Belgium)
Katalin & Krisztina (Hungary)
Katrine & Kristine (Norway)
Lívia & Lucia (Slovakia)
Madeline & Margaret (Puerto Rico)
Marianne & Mildred (Netherlands)
Sandy & Sonia (Zimbabwe)
Malcolm “Mal” & Melville “Mel” (Jamaica)
Mark & Michael (Canada)
Maureen & Melanie (Netherlands)
McJoe & McWilliams (Puerto Rico)
Mikuláš & Miloslav (Slovakia)
Pascal & Patrick (France)
Paula & Peta (Bermuda)
Paulo Miguel & Pedro Miguel (Portugal)
Pavol & Peter (Slovakia)
Randolph & Robert (USA)
Rhoda & Rhona (Canada)
Ricardo & Rodrigo (Chile)
Sharon & Shirley (Canada)
Stanley & Sydney (Great Britain)
Tami & Toni (USA)
Terry & Tom (USA)
Valeriy & Volodymyr (Ukraine)
Valj & Vita (Ukraine)
Veronika & Viktoriya (Belarus)
Vida & Vidette (South Africa)
Zlatko & Zoran (Yugoslavia)
You can see a full list of Olympic twins in the OlympStats post Twins at the Olympics.
Have you been tuning in to the Olympics? If so, have you spotted any interesting names so far?
The Statistical Service of Cyprus conducted a population census in late 2011. According to the data collected at that time, the most common female and male names in the Mediterranean island nation were Maria and Andreas.
The other common names are ranked below. (Several were transcribed differently by my two sources, so in those cases I included both spellings.)
Female Names
Maria (39,883 females)
Eleni (29,393 females)
Androula/Androulla
Georgia
Panagiota/Panayiota
Anna
Christina
Male Names
Andreas (36,682 males)
Giorgos/Yiorgos (26,284 males)
Costas/Kostas
Christos
Nicholas/Nikolas
Michalis
Panagiotis/Panayiotis
Some of the rarer names that appeared on the census just 10 times each included the female names Chrysalia, Dalia, Felicia, Isidora, Loreta and Mariliza; and the male names Memnon, Merkouris, Morfakis and Rodotheos.
Last month we looked at the top Providence names of 1867, so today let’s check out the rankings from the year before — 1866.
First, some stats:
1,633 babies were babies were born in Providence in 1866, by my count. (The number given by the author of the document is 1,632.)
1,457 of these babies (707 girls and 750 boys) had names that were registered with the government at the time of publication. The other 176 babies got blank spaces.
234 unique names (123 girl names and 108 boy names) were shared among these 1,457 babies.
And here’s some extra information I forgot to mention in the last post: In 1860, the city of Providence was home to 29.0% of Rhode Island’s population. In 1870, it was home to 31.7% of the population. So each of these 3 sets of rankings (1866, 1867, 1868) ought to account for roughly 30% of the residents of the state.
Now, on to the names…
Top 5
The top 5 girl names and boy names of 1866 were, unsurprisingly, very similar to the top names of 1867.
Top baby girl names
Top baby boy names
1. Mary 2. Catherine 3. Ellen 4. Margaret 5. Sarah
1. John 2. William 3. James 4. George 5. Thomas
The girls’ top 5 is identical, while the boys’ top 5 includes Thomas instead of George.
All Girl Names
As expected, Mary was the front-runner by a huge margin. And, while there were dozens of Catherines, and a single Catharine, there weren’t any Katherines.
Mary, 149 baby girls
Catherine, 43
Ellen, 40
Margaret, 37
Sarah, 36
Elizabeth, 32
Alice, 18
Annie, 15
Anna & Eliza, 14 each (2-way tie)
Clara, 13
Ann, 11
Carrie, Emma, Jane & Susan, 10 each (4-way tie)
Grace & Ida, 9 each (2-way tie)
Esther, Martha & Minnie, 7 each (3-way tie)
Anne & Julia, 6 each (2-way tie)
Agnes, Charlotte, Cora, Harriet, Jennie, Joanna, Maria & Rosanna, 5 each (8-way tie)
(I didn’t combine any variant spellings, but I did lump the abbreviated names Chas., Benj., and Fred’k in with Charles, Benjamin and Frederick.)
*Does Augustavus = Augustus + Gustav?
Twins
I counted 19 pairs of twins born in Providence in 1866. I didn’t notice any triplets this year. (All of these names have already been accounted for above.)
Girl-girl twins
Girl-boy twins
Boy-boy twins
Agnes & Anna Eldora & Ellen Eliza & Mary Elizabeth & Julia Frances & Mary Josephine & Mary Mary & Sarah Theresa & (blank)
Alice & Frederick Alice & John Annie & Stephen Catherine & (blank) Sarah & Samuel
Edgar & Oscar Edward & James Francis & James James & John John & Thomas (blank) & (blank)
I’ll try to finish/post the final set of rankings before the end of the year.
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