Girls' name · peaked in 1975
Christie name popularity since 1925
46,195 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Christie (98.5% girls, 1.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1975 or earlier, so the typical Christie is about 51 years old in 2026. Christie peaked in 1975 as the #96 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 46,195
- Named Christie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,572 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.5% girls
- 45,511 girls · 684 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 1.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Christie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Christie births per year, 1925–2025
1975 was the biggest year for Christie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Christie became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 3,770 baby girls to 1 in 1,330.
- Steepest fall: Between 1975 and 1980, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 481 to 1 in 1,490.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Christie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Christie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Christie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 82 | 76 | – |
| 1930s | 143 | 99 | #2,604 |
| 1940s | 1,455 | 112 | #768 |
| 1950s | 4,323 | 129 | #399 |
| 1960s | 7,017 | 90 | #437 |
| 1970s | 18,179 | 104 | #96 |
| 1980s | 9,687 | 67 | #238 |
| 1990s | 3,199 | 7 | #781 |
| 2000s | 871 | 0 | #2,229 |
| 2010s | 412 | 0 | #3,440 |
| 2020–25 | 143 | 0 | #7,572 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.4% of babies named Christie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Christie is most popular
The index compares Christie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Christie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 1.82× | 1,645 |
| Alabama | 1.58× | 1,197 |
| Oklahoma | 1.57× | 874 |
| Louisiana | 1.51× | 1,159 |
| Arkansas | 1.44× | 632 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Christie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Christie (this page) | 45,511 | 1975 |
| Christy | 98,507 | 1975 |
| Christi | 20,910 | 1974 |
| Cristie | 2,098 | 1976 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Christie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Christie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Christie (1975).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data