Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Kristie name popularity since 1925
38,405 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kristie. Half of them were born in 1975 or earlier, so the typical Kristie is about 51 years old in 2026. Kristie peaked in 1974 as the #138 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,405
- Named Kristie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #11,465 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 38,361 girls · 44 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Kristie 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.
Kristie births per year, 1925–2025
1974 was the biggest year for Kristie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Kristie became 4.2× more common, from 1 in 4,080 baby girls to 1 in 976.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby girls fell by 72%, from 1 in 2,950 to 1 in 10,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kristie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kristie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kristie 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 | 378 | 0 | #2,677 |
| 1950s | 2,582 | 0 | #510 |
| 1960s | 5,681 | 0 | #459 |
| 1970s | 17,366 | 38 | #147 |
| 1980s | 8,144 | 6 | #308 |
| 1990s | 3,400 | 0 | #817 |
| 2000s | 545 | 0 | #3,238 |
| 2010s | 223 | 0 | #5,224 |
| 2020–25 | 42 | 0 | #11,465 |
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
58.3% of babies named Kristie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kristie is most popular
The index compares Kristie'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 Kristie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.86× | 573 |
| Tennessee | 1.64× | 1,249 |
| Louisiana | 1.60× | 1,037 |
| Kentucky | 1.58× | 959 |
| Alabama | 1.53× | 979 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kristie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristie (this page) | 38,361 | 1974 |
| Kristi | 76,484 | 1972 |
| Kristy | 70,524 | 1978 |
| Kirstie | 4,151 | 1991 |
| 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 Kristie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kristie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kristie (1974).
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