Girls' name · peaked in 1972
Kristi name popularity since 1925
76,622 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kristi. Half of them were born in 1975 or earlier, so the typical Kristi is about 51 years old in 2026. Kristi peaked in 1972 as the #102 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 76,622
- Named Kristi, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,699 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 76,484 girls · 138 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 4.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Kristi 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.
Kristi births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1971. Measured as a share of all babies, Kristi peaked in 1972.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Kristi became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 10,300 baby girls to 1 in 3,310.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 4,340 to 1 in 13,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kristi's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kristi.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kristi 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 656 | 0 | #1,200 |
| 1950s | 5,210 | 0 | #357 |
| 1960s | 16,907 | 11 | #206 |
| 1970s | 29,035 | 84 | #109 |
| 1980s | 17,706 | 43 | #163 |
| 1990s | 5,708 | 0 | #538 |
| 2000s | 948 | 0 | #2,010 |
| 2010s | 248 | 0 | #5,583 |
| 2020–25 | 66 | 0 | #7,699 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
54.8% of babies named Kristi from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kristi is most popular
The index compares Kristi'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 Kristi.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 4.14× | 990 |
| North Dakota | 4.09× | 967 |
| Nebraska | 2.16× | 1,139 |
| Montana | 2.09× | 459 |
| Oklahoma | 2.08× | 2,035 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kristi 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristi (this page) | 76,484 | 1972 |
| Kristy | 70,524 | 1978 |
| Kristie | 38,361 | 1974 |
| Cristi | 3,203 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kristi's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kristi.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kristi (1972).
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