Kristi

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #5,926
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1978 · 2,992 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
76,484
since 1940

Kristi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #98, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#12,1617
2023#7,24715
2022#9,68010
2021#10,2929
2020#8,95311
2019#5,61222
2018#6,01020
2017#5,04526
2016#5,28425
2015#5,45824
2014#5,02527
2013#6,25520
2012#5,39825
2011#4,80729
2010#4,73530
2009#3,08855
2008#3,08455
2007#3,42848
2006#2,37579
2005#2,00494
2004#2,22979
2003#1,743108
2002#1,535123
2001#1,411134
2000#1,162173
1999#1,077186
1998#826258
1997#677320
1996#574404
1995#537441
1994#443572
1993#391652
1992#305916
1991#303918
1990#2691,041
1989#2331,173
1988#2111,235
1987#1951,420
1986#1681,615#5,9266
1985#1631,754
1984#1591,766#6,3155
1983#1541,870
1982#1402,143#3,96610
1981#1292,205#4,5098
1980#1222,525#3,09814
1979#1092,800#4,0689
1978#982,992#5,0596
1977#1042,797#3,38611
1976#1042,519#3,7249
1975#1092,646#4,3097
1974#1022,884#3,5589
1973#1082,846#3,6948
1972#1023,131#3,15210
1971#1133,271#3,6588
1970#1233,149#3,8367
1969#1282,647#3,9356
1968#1382,313#4,1365
1967#1652,011
1966#1851,760
1965#2061,608
1964#2091,669
1963#2321,421
1962#2561,215
1961#2571,205
1960#2781,058
1959#302911
1958#318842
1957#322800
1956#338669
1955#357591
1954#469355
1953#494310
1952#491292
1951#497273
1950#659167
1949#646164
1948#777122
1947#838109
1946#776112
1945#1,18744
1944#1,45531
1943#1,62527
1942#1,55928
1941#2,66811
1940#3,2088
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Kristi! It came in at #3,208, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2024, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kristi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,161#7,491)
  • 1,462 spots since 2020 (#8,953#7,491)
  • 2,033 spots since 2015 (#5,458#7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 411 spots in 1946 (#1,187#776)
  • Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1999 (#826#1,077)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1978 at #98 (2,992 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1978
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1946–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 486
  • Highest: 1 in 486 girls born in 1972 were named Kristi (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #98 in 1978, was only 1 in 512 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.0% of all girls named Kristi (29,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s656#646 (1949)#1,474
1950s5,210#302 (1959)#425
1960s16,907#128 (1969)#205
1970s29,035#98 (1978)#107
1980s17,706#122 (1980)#167
1990s5,708#269 (1990)#540
2000s948#1,162 (2000)#2,206
2010s248#4,735 (2010)#5,363
2020s66#7,247 (2023)#9,304

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kristi in 1948

girls
#777
122 births · 1 in 13,917 girls

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #777Kristi122
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 13,917 of them was named Kristi, which outranked 87.1% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristi
  1. #773Deana123
  2. #773Deena123
  3. #773Flossie123
  4. #777Kristi122
  5. #777Karolyn122
  6. #777Leigh122
  7. #777Olive122
  8. #782Ardith121
  9. #782David121
  10. #782Lauretta121

Tied with 4 names at #777; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 555Shawn#1,510#955
  2. 549Regena#1,488#939
  3. 491Regenia#1,255#764
  4. 460Mickie#1,228#768
  5. 413Shirleen#1,377#964
Fallers
  1. 408Michaele#859#1,267
  2. 358Marge#969#1,327
  3. 334Ilona#875#1,209
  4. 282Trudi#875#1,157
  5. 248Marylyn#909#1,157

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1948