Girls' name · since 1953
Kristee
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 499 babies named Kristee, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 499
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kristee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 499 have been recorded since 1953.
Kristee has 499 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 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1995.
- #11,875 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 499 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristee ranks #11,875 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 499 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 499
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kristee's 499 recorded births place it above 83.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kristee's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kristee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1995
- Peak year (1978)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Kristee by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (204 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Kristee's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kristee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 42
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
94 births
- 1970s
1970s
204 births
- 1980s
1980s
121 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 204 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Kristee's decade-level peak was the 1970s (204 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kristee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1953–1995 (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 Kristee 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.