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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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
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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 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedNHWashington: #204 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,121 girlsWAIdaho: #162 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 637 girlsIDMontana: #219 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #143 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 579 girlsNDMinnesota: #166 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 933 girlsMNIllinois: #410 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,581 girlsILWisconsin: #169 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,126 girlsWIMichigan: #338 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,315 girlsMINew York: #992 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,341 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedRIOregon: #132 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 581 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #82 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 307 girlsSDIowa: #136 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 661 girlsIAIndiana: #247 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,929 girlsINOhio: #362 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,080 girlsOHPennsylvania: #534 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,675 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #322 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 2,396 girlsCAUtah: #241 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,279 girlsUTColorado: #180 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 813 girlsCONebraska: #109 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 488 girlsNEMissouri: #403 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,352 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #563 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,189 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedDEArizona: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,004 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedNMKansas: #163 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 834 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #341 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,757 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedHITexas: #452 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,859 girlsTXFlorida: #550 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,602 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#82 · 1 in 307
  2. Nebraska#109 · 1 in 488
  3. Oregon#132 · 1 in 581
  4. Iowa#136 · 1 in 661
  5. North Dakota#143 · 1 in 579

Best ever in a state: #15 in South Dakota, 1971.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#82251 in 307
Nebraska#109301 in 488
Oregon#132281 in 581
Iowa#136431 in 661
North Dakota#143121 in 579
Idaho#162101 in 637
Kansas#163261 in 834
Minnesota#166391 in 933
Wisconsin#169371 in 1,126
Colorado#180221 in 813
Washington#204251 in 1,121
Montana#21961 in 1,141
Utah#24181 in 1,279
Indiana#247251 in 1,929
California#322611 in 2,396
Arizona#33861 in 2,004
Michigan#338271 in 3,315
Oklahoma#34181 in 2,757
Ohio#362251 in 4,080
Missouri#403101 in 4,352
Illinois#410221 in 4,581
Texas#452291 in 3,859
Pennsylvania#534131 in 8,675
Florida#55061 in 6,602
Virginia#56351 in 8,189
New York#99271 in 23,341
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1955

girls
#357
591 births · 1 in 3,308 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #357Kristi591
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 3,308 of them was named Kristi, which outranked 94.7% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristi
  1. #354Olga601
  2. #355Johnnie596
  3. #356Leah592
  4. #357Kristi591
  5. #357Sonia591
  6. #359Della590
  7. #360Polly588
  8. #361Lora585

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →