Kristye — girls' name
43 babies named Kristye in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Kristye was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kristye in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kristye
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Kristye between 1961 and 1981, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristye performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kristye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kristye 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 43 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.
Kristye at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kristye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1961
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
43 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 8 births in a single year.
Kristye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 26 births that decade — 60% of Kristye's all-time total
Kristye decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kristye's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 1961–1981 (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.