Cristie — girls' name
2,098 babies named Cristie in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Cristie was born in this single decade.
111 babies were named Cristie in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cristie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,098 babies named Cristie between 1945 and 2002, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 111 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 825 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cristie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 182 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristie in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cristie 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 2,098 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.
Cristie at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cristie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1945
- Peak year (1976)
- 111
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
2,098 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 111 births in a single year.
Cristie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 825 births that decade — 39% of Cristie's all-time total
Cristie decade highlights
- Peak decade 825 births
- Runner-up 463 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cristie's strongest decade
825 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Cristie by state
Where Cristie concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 182 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 119 | 5.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 42 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 40 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 21 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 20 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 18 | 0.9% |
182 of 2,098 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.7% of nationwide
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cristie appears in 19 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, 1945–2002 (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.