Kristi
Masculine · “a Christian”
Kristi is given to girls far more often — 76,484 girls against 138 boys since 1880. See Kristi as a girl name
Kristi entered the US charts in 1968, peaked at #3098 in 1980, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Kristi?
Kristi first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Kristi alive today was born around 1976, making them about 49 years old. About 100 people named Kristi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kristi most popular?
Kristi peaked in 1980, reaching #3098 nationally. See the whole 1980 chart.
Where it comes from
From christos to Kristi
The story of Kristi
Christina was a medieval devotional name that northern Europe kept with a K, and American families borrowed the K forms heavily from the 1960s. What happened next is the interesting part: rather than settling on one short form, the country used six at once — Christy, Christie, Christi, Kristy, Kristie and Kristi — with no single spelling ever taking more than a third of the total. Kristi peaked at the end of the 1970s.
Meaning
a Christian, a follower of Christ
Through Kristin or Christina, from the Latin Christiana, feminine of Christianus. The Greek christos, 'anointed', is the root, and it entered Greek as the translation of the Hebrew title messiah.
How the name formed
- christos
- Christiana
- Kristin
- Kristi
Related forms: Kristi · Kristin · Kristina · Kristy
Pronouncing Kristi
KRIS-tee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All six spellings in the family are said identically.
Nicknames for Kristi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most boys named
- 198014 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3098reached in 1980
- Change vs 1984
- +20.0%6 in 1986, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kristi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kristi in Estonian — same name
- Kristin in Norwegian — related form
- Kristina in Swedish — related form
- Kristy in English — spelling variant
Kristis among us
people named Kristi are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kristi sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Kristis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Kristi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kristi in 2025?
- Kristi is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Kristi with classmates?
- Kristi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
Kenneth#294 · Kevin#221 · Kyle#508 · Keith#800 · Karl#1585 · Kaleb#295 · Kurt#2258 · Kelly#1867
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