Cristi — girls' name
3,198 babies named Cristi in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Cristi was born in this single decade.
159 babies were named Cristi in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cristi
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,198 babies named Cristi between 1948 and 2019, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 159 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cristi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 436 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristi in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cristi 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 3,198 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.
Cristi at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cristi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1948
- Peak year (1973)
- 159
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
3,198 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 159 births in a single year.
Cristi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,267 births that decade — 40% of Cristi's all-time total
Cristi decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,267 births
- Runner-up 767 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cristi's strongest decade
1,267 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Cristi by state
Where Cristi concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 436 | 13.6% |
| #2 | California | | 318 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 81 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 44 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 42 | 1.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 36 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 31 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Florida | | 20 | 0.6% |
436 of 3,198 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.6% of nationwide
- California 9.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 1.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cristi appears in 28 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, 1948–2019 (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.