# Kristi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kristi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɪsti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 76,622 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 138 / 76,484 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 62, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,872 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,491 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,372 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,104 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,583 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,387 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,129 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,151 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,719 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,260 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,734 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,083 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,475 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,850 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,699 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 7 | 4,067 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,811 |
| 1972 | 10 | 3,260 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,904 |
| 1974 | 9 | 3,715 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | 3,873 |
| 1977 | 11 | 3,494 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,465 |
| 1979 | 9 | 4,246 |
| 1980 | 14 | 3,184 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,760 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,105 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,887 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,370 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18 | 1,072 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |

## People named Kristi

- Kristi Noem, American politician (born 1971)
- Kristi Castlin, American hurdler
- Kristi Harrower, Australian basketball player (born 1975)
- Kristi Vangjeli, Albanian footballer
- Kristi Qose, Albanian footballer
- Kristi Myst, American pornographic actress
- Kristi Toliver, American-Slovak basketball player and coach
- Kristi Marku, Albanian footballer
- Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier
- Kristi Leskinen, American freestyle skier
- Beabadoobee, British singer
- Noël Wells, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.