Girls' name · since 1881
Christie
46,013 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.
- #625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,496 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46,013
- born since 1881
- 1970s
- peak decade
Christie currently ranks #7496 among girls' names in America, with 46,013 babies recorded since 1881.
Social Security Administration records show Christie recorded 46,013 times among girls since 1881, holding rank #7496 nationally today, ahead of 57% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #625 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,496 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 46,013 born since 1881
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christie ranks #625 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,496 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 46,013 born since 1881, peaking in the 1970s.
- #625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,496 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46,013
- born since 1881
- 1970s
- peak decade
Christie's 46,013 recorded births place it above 99.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Christie compares
46,013 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Christie's all-time total is 122x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Christie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 46,013 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,028 | 21 | 19,840 |
Christie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Christie splits its recorded history at 1954: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1881 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 3,028 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Christie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 3,028
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Christie popularity over time - boys
884 total births recorded since 1893 (Christie as boys' name)
Christie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (18,179 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Christie's strongest decade.
18,179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Christie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 68
1880s
68 births
- 1890s 124
1890s
124 births
- 1900s 79
1900s
79 births
- 1910s 149
1910s
149 births
- 1920s 164
1920s
164 births
- 1930s 143
1930s
143 births
- 1940s 1,455
1940s
1,455 births
- 1950s 4,323
1950s
4,323 births
- 1960s 7,017
1960s
7,017 births
- 1970s
1970s
18,179 births
- 1980s
1980s
9,687 births
- 1990s 3,199
1990s
3,199 births
- 2000s 871
2000s
871 births
- 2010s 412
2010s
412 births
- 2020s 143
2020s
143 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 18,179 births (40% of all-time use).
How Christie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Christie's total volume
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 46,013 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Christie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Christie's data
- Christie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (18,179 total births); usage has since declined to 143 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Christies (4,207 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Christie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~144 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1881–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Christie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.