Kristie
Kristie was the 11465th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 138th with 2,039 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,241 places. More babies were named Kristie in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Christy) pet form of Christopher or Christina · English, Irish, Greek
- Rank in 2025
- #11,465 girls, down 732 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19742,039 babies
- Total since 1880
- 38,405babies recorded
What does the name Kristie mean?
Kristie is a spelling of Christy, pronounced the same way, so it shares Christy's meaning and origin.
Christy is a pet form of Christopher for boys (especially in Ireland) and of Christina and Christine for girls, as Wiktionary notes. Christopher is Greek Khristophoros 'Christ-bearer', from Khristos and pherein 'to bear', as DMNES notes; Christina means 'Christian'. Christy was popular for American girls in the 1970s.
Χριστός (Khristos) (Ancient Greek, “Christ, anointed”)φέρειν (pherein) (Ancient Greek, “to bear”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Christie, Christopher, Christina, Kristy.
See also: Greek names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Christy', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Christopher', DMNES (Durham University)
Kristie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 44 since 1971.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,465 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,733 | 9 |
| 2010 | #5,519 | 25 |
| 2000 | #1,912 | 89 |
| 1990 | #376 | 696 |
| 1980 | #237 | 1,083 |
| 1970 | #181 | 1,792 |
| 1960 | #537 | 322 |
| 1950 | #800 | 118 |
| 1940 | #4,104 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kristie, counting every spelling?
Kristie is a spelling of Christy, a name family that had 95 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christy | 34 | #4,191 | 212 |
| Christie | 14 | #7,572 | 113 |
| Kristy | 25 | #5,166 | 113 |
| Kristi | 14 | #7,699 | 55 |
| Kristie | 8 | #11,465 | 33 |
| Christi | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kristie?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kristie (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kristie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kristie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kristie?
About 35,600 people born in the US named Kristie are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 43 and 56. That makes Kristie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kristie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kristie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kristie
What does Kristie mean?
Kristie is a spelling of Christy, which means “pet form of Christopher or Christina” (English, Irish, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Kristie?
Kristie was the 11465th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 138th with 2,039 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,241 places. More babies were named Kristie in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Kristie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kristie in the US.