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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 2,992 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 76,484since 1940
Kristi over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,084 | 55 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,375 | 79 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,004 | 94 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,229 | 79 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,743 | 108 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,535 | 123 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,411 | 134 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,162 | 173 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,077 | 186 | — | |
| 1998 | #826 | 258 | — | |
| 1997 | #677 | 320 | — | |
| 1996 | #574 | 404 | — | |
| 1995 | #537 | 441 | — | |
| 1994 | #443 | 572 | — | |
| 1993 | #391 | 652 | — | |
| 1992 | #305 | 916 | — | |
| 1991 | #303 | 918 | — | |
| 1990 | #269 | 1,041 | — | |
| 1989 | #233 | 1,173 | — | |
| 1988 | #211 | 1,235 | — | |
| 1987 | #195 | 1,420 | — | |
| 1986 | #168 | 1,615 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #163 | 1,754 | — | |
| 1984 | #159 | 1,766 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #154 | 1,870 | — | |
| 1982 | #140 | 2,143 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #129 | 2,205 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #122 | 2,525 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #109 | 2,800 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #98 | 2,992 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #104 | 2,797 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #104 | 2,519 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #109 | 2,646 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #102 | 2,884 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #108 | 2,846 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #102 | 3,131 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #113 | 3,271 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #123 | 3,149 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #128 | 2,647 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #138 | 2,313 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #165 | 2,011 | — | |
| 1966 | #185 | 1,760 | — | |
| 1965 | #206 | 1,608 | — | |
| 1964 | #209 | 1,669 | — | |
| 1963 | #232 | 1,421 | — | |
| 1962 | #256 | 1,215 | — | |
| 1961 | #257 | 1,205 | — | |
| 1960 | #278 | 1,058 | — | |
| 1959 | #302 | 911 | — | |
| 1958 | #318 | 842 | — | |
| 1957 | #322 | 800 | — | |
| 1956 | #338 | 669 | — | |
| 1955 | #357 | 591 | — | |
| 1954 | #469 | 355 | — | |
| 1953 | #494 | 310 | — | |
| 1952 | #491 | 292 | — | |
| 1951 | #497 | 273 | — | |
| 1950 | #659 | 167 | — | |
| 1949 | #646 | 164 | — | |
| 1948 | #777 | 122 | — | |
| 1947 | #838 | 109 | — | |
| 1946 | #776 | 112 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
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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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maine#70 · 1 in 335
- Wyoming#71 · 1 in 276
- Idaho#80 · 1 in 334
- South Dakota#86 · 1 in 344
- North Dakota#89 · 1 in 383
Best ever in a state: #15 in South Dakota, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #70 | 19 | 1 in 335 |
| Wyoming | #71 | 10 | 1 in 276 |
| Idaho | #80 | 18 | 1 in 334 |
| South Dakota | #86 | 12 | 1 in 344 |
| North Dakota | #89 | 12 | 1 in 383 |
| Arkansas | #95 | 29 | 1 in 438 |
| Utah | #100 | 29 | 1 in 495 |
| Iowa | #102 | 33 | 1 in 523 |
| Oklahoma | #106 | 38 | 1 in 530 |
| Michigan | #109 | 91 | 1 in 629 |
| Hawaii | #110 | 11 | 1 in 446 |
| Wisconsin | #110 | 53 | 1 in 578 |
| Texas | #111 | 205 | 1 in 650 |
| Alabama | #113 | 41 | 1 in 531 |
| Minnesota | #115 | 45 | 1 in 634 |
| Mississippi | #116 | 29 | 1 in 508 |
| Louisiana | #118 | 50 | 1 in 602 |
| Nevada | #123 | 9 | 1 in 533 |
| Vermont | #123 | 5 | 1 in 544 |
| Montana | #129 | 8 | 1 in 546 |
| Georgia | #132 | 54 | 1 in 687 |
| Kansas | #133 | 23 | 1 in 637 |
| Tennessee | #137 | 38 | 1 in 731 |
| Oregon | #140 | 23 | 1 in 680 |
| Colorado | #141 | 30 | 1 in 732 |
| Indiana | #149 | 41 | 1 in 830 |
| New Hampshire | #151 | 8 | 1 in 741 |
| Washington | #151 | 35 | 1 in 790 |
| Florida | #158 | 69 | 1 in 946 |
| Pennsylvania | #160 | 79 | 1 in 875 |
| North Carolina | #162 | 39 | 1 in 912 |
| Ohio | #164 | 71 | 1 in 973 |
| Missouri | #168 | 33 | 1 in 975 |
| Alaska | #170 | 6 | 1 in 664 |
| West Virginia | #170 | 11 | 1 in 893 |
| South Carolina | #181 | 19 | 1 in 939 |
| Kentucky | #182 | 20 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Maryland | #182 | 23 | 1 in 1,048 |
| Virginia | #190 | 28 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Nebraska | #195 | 9 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Illinois | #211 | 59 | 1 in 1,237 |
| New Mexico | #215 | 10 | 1 in 961 |
| New Jersey | #216 | 30 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Arizona | #250 | 18 | 1 in 1,278 |
| California | #263 | 141 | 1 in 1,434 |
| New York | #277 | 61 | 1 in 1,752 |
| Massachusetts | #284 | 18 | 1 in 1,944 |
| Connecticut | #419 | 5 | 1 in 3,407 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 656 | #646 (1949) | #1,474 |
| 1950s | 5,210 | #302 (1959) | #425 |
| 1960s | 16,907 | #128 (1969) | #205 |
| 1970s | 29,035 | #98 (1978) | #107 |
| 1980s | 17,706 | #122 (1980) | #167 |
| 1990s | 5,708 | #269 (1990) | #540 |
| 2000s | 948 | #1,162 (2000) | #2,206 |
| 2010s | 248 | #4,735 (2010) | #5,363 |
| 2020s | 66 | #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 1985
girls
#163
1,754 births · 1 in 981 girls
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 981 of them was named Kristi, which outranked 98.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Kristi
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.