Girls' name · since 1953
Christye
32 babies named Christye in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Christye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 32 recorded since 1953.
Christye has 32 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1979.
- #40,138 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christye ranks #40,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #40,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Christye's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Christye's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Christye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1979
- Peak year (1969)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Christye by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (16 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Christye's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Christye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 16 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Christye's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1970s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Christye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1953–1979 (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 Christye 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.