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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedAKMaine: #97 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 445 girlsMEVermont: #127 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 552 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #188 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,069 girlsNHWashington: #142 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 726 girlsWAIdaho: #113 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 507 girlsIDMontana: #94 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 390 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #130 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 597 girlsNDMinnesota: #89 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 441 girlsMNIllinois: #202 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,210 girlsILWisconsin: #131 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 681 girlsWIMichigan: #149 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 854 girlsMINew York: #254 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,558 girlsNYMassachusetts: #222 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,396 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedRIOregon: #109 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 505 girlsORNevada: #172 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 780 girlsNVWyoming: #146 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 584 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #84 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 364 girlsSDIowa: #141 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 741 girlsIAIndiana: #131 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 628 girlsINOhio: #145 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 814 girlsOHPennsylvania: #156 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 872 girlsPANew Jersey: #253 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,630 girlsNJConnecticut: #162 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 908 girlsCTCalifornia: #290 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 1,592 girlsCAUtah: #114 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 553 girlsUTColorado: #135 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 656 girlsCONebraska: #154 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 801 girlsNEMissouri: #187 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsMOKentucky: #161 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 878 girlsKYWest Virginia: #137 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 666 girlsWVVirginia: #163 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 923 girlsVAMaryland: #129 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 693 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedDEArizona: #160 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 812 girlsAZNew Mexico: #216 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 981 girlsNMKansas: #158 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 804 girlsKSArkansas: #128 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 639 girlsARTennessee: #120 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 624 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #138 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 725 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #214 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,176 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #97 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 440 girlsOKLouisiana: #86 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 433 girlsLAMississippi: #120 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 557 girlsMSAlabama: #104 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 501 girlsALGeorgia: #137 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 714 girlsGAHawaii: #93 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 405 girlsHITexas: #125 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 709 girlsTXFlorida: #194 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,142 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#84 · 1 in 364
  2. Louisiana#86 · 1 in 433
  3. Minnesota#89 · 1 in 441
  4. Hawaii#93 · 1 in 405
  5. Montana#94 · 1 in 390

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#84121 in 364
Louisiana#86711 in 433
Minnesota#89651 in 441
Hawaii#93131 in 405
Montana#94121 in 390
Maine#97141 in 445
Oklahoma#97471 in 440
Alabama#104431 in 501
Oregon#109311 in 505
Idaho#113121 in 507
Utah#114271 in 553
Mississippi#120271 in 557
Tennessee#120441 in 624
Texas#1251841 in 709
Vermont#12751 in 552
Arkansas#128201 in 639
Maryland#129331 in 693
North Dakota#13081 in 597
Indiana#131531 in 628
Wisconsin#131451 in 681
Colorado#135331 in 656
Georgia#137501 in 714
West Virginia#137151 in 666
North Carolina#138471 in 725
Iowa#141241 in 741
Washington#142371 in 726
Ohio#145851 in 814
Wyoming#14651 in 584
Michigan#149661 in 854
Nebraska#154131 in 801
Pennsylvania#156781 in 872
Kansas#158191 in 804
Arizona#160261 in 812
Kentucky#161251 in 878
Connecticut#162181 in 908
Virginia#163341 in 923
Nevada#17261 in 780
Missouri#187281 in 1,120
New Hampshire#18851 in 1,069
Florida#194541 in 1,142
Illinois#202601 in 1,210
South Carolina#214151 in 1,176
New Mexico#216101 in 981
Massachusetts#222241 in 1,396
New Jersey#253241 in 1,630
New York#254671 in 1,558
California#2901211 in 1,592
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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 1984

girls
#159
1,766 births · 1 in 953 girls
boys
#6,315
5 births · 1 in 360,970 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #159Kristi1,766

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #6,315Kristi5
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 953 of them was named Kristi, which outranked 98.7% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristi
  1. #156Kari1,816
  2. #157Rebekah1,803
  3. #158Cassie1,777
  4. #159Kristi1,766
  5. #160Ann1,695
  6. #161Michele1,692
  7. #162Angel1,685
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 360,970 of them was named Kristi, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristi
  1. #5,561Zerrick6
  2. #5,561Zion6
  3. #5,561Zong6
  4. #6,315Kristi5
  5. #6,315Abbott5
  6. #6,315Abdel5
  7. #6,315Abdon5

Tied with 1,026 names at #6,315; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →