Christie — #4553 US girls' name
45,998 babies named Christie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Christie was born in this single decade.
3,028 babies were named Christie in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christie
The Social Security Administration has registered 45,998 babies named Christie between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christie currently holds the #4553 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 3,028 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18,178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Christie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,207 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Christie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45,998 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Christie at a glance
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Current rank
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Christie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (1975)
- 3,028
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #4553 among girls.
45,998 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 3,028 births in a single year.
Christie popularity over time — boys
884 total births recorded since 1893 (Christie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Christie accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Christie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 18,178 births that decade — 40% of Christie's all-time total
Christie decade highlights
- Peak decade 18,178 births
- Runner-up 9,687 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Christie's strongest decade
18,178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Christie by state
Where Christie concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,207 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,959 | 8.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,577 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,903 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,822 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,693 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 1,688 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,666 | 3.6% |
4,207 of 45,998 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Christie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.