US Name Trends

Kristi

A pet form of Christine or Christopher, from Latin christianus.

1971peak year
No. 98best rank (1978)
76,622babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Kristi per year — peak 3,271▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Kristi first shows up in the national records in 1940. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 1 different years between 1978 and 1978. Its biggest year was 1971, when 3,271 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 113 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1978, at No. 98. All told, 76,622 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Christy (100,536), Kristy (70,703), Christie (46,897), Kristie (38,405), Christi (20,932), Cristy (8,280) (total births since 1880)

Other names that share a story: Christopher, Christine

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1940s656No. 646
1950s5,210No. 302
1960s16,907No. 128
1970s29,035No. 98
1980s17,706No. 122
1990s5,708No. 269
2000s948No. 1162
2010s248No. 4735
2020s66No. 7247

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.