Kristi

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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#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #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.

Where Kristi is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kristi in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kristi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,462 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #7,491)
  • 2,033 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 411 spots in 1946
  • Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1999
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.

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