Kristie — #12255 US girls' name
38,353 babies named Kristie in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Kristie was born in this single decade.
2,039 babies were named Kristie in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kristie
The Social Security Administration has registered 38,353 babies named Kristie between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristie currently holds the #12255 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 2,039 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17,366 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kristie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,262 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kristie 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 38,353 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.
Kristie at a glance
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Current rank
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Kristie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940
- Peak year (1974)
- 2,039
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
Currently ranks #12255 among girls.
38,353 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 2,039 births in a single year.
Kristie popularity over time — boys
44 total births recorded since 1971 (Kristie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kristie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kristie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17,366 births that decade — 45% of Kristie's all-time total
Kristie decade highlights
- Peak decade 17,366 births
- Runner-up 8,144 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kristie's strongest decade
17,366 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Kristie by state
Where Kristie concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,262 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,385 | 6.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,994 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,897 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,849 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,573 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,547 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 1,249 | 3.3% |
3,262 of 38,353 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kristie appears in 51 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, 1940–2024 (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.