Kristi — #12251 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kristi

The Social Security Administration has registered 76,472 babies named Kristi between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristi currently holds the #12251 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 3,271 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 29,036 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kristi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,774 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristi in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristi 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 76,472 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.