Christie

Gender: Mostly girls
Say it: KRIS-tee
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #7,489 for girls

Christie is a name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

What does Christie mean?

Greek: spelling of Kristi; short form of Kristina or Kristin

“follower of Christ”

Meaning borrowed from Kristi. More on Wiktionary.

Is Christie a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Christie has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US.

How popular is Christie in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 147 girls.

Half of all the girls named Christie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 147 in 19962024

Christie in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2024	4	#4,907
2023	4	#4,915
2022	5	#4,168
2021	1	#7,491
2020	4	#4,744
2019	2	#7,280
2018	1	#7,536
2017	2	#7,588
2016	6	#3,788
2015	13	#2,186
2014	11	#2,462
2013	11	#2,454
2012	8	#3,148
2011	18	#1,696
2010	11	#2,379
2009	15	#1,848
2008	23	#1,346
2007	26	#1,170
2006	22	#1,272
2005	30	#968
2004	40	#759
2003	35	#823
2002	40	#708
2001	53	#588
2000	60	#531
1999	89	#401
1998	110	#351
1997	125	#323
1996	147	#274

How popular is Christie in the US?

Rank in 2025: 7,489th among girls
Babies in 2025: 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 33% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Christie, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1975, with 3,028 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

2025 had fewer girls named Christie than any year since 1937.

Half of all the girls named Christie in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 115 girls in the US were given Christie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.

Christy 34
Kristy 25
Cristy 15
Christie 14
Kristi 14
Kristie 8
Cristi 5

Girls were 63% of the babies named Christie in the US in 1915, and 98% in 1993.

1881Busiest: 3,028 in 19752025

Christie in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	14	#7,489
2024	30	#4,558
2023	20	#5,955
2022	27	#4,904
2021	22	#5,569
2020	30	#4,451
2019	30	#4,545
2018	35	#4,075
2017	34	#4,219
2016	30	#4,631
2015	46	#3,429
2014	31	#4,542
2013	39	#3,847
2012	53	#3,133
2011	50	#3,266
2010	64	#2,751
2009	56	#3,046
2008	75	#2,511
2007	67	#2,710
2006	62	#2,815
2005	82	#2,224
2004	78	#2,237
2003	108	#1,742
2002	106	#1,718
2001	114	#1,610
2000	123	#1,489
1999	150	#1,247
1998	187	#1,049
1997	222	#904
1996	217	#903
1995	255	#779
1994	312	#678
1993	373	#613
1992	458	#517
1991	452	#513
1990	573	#437
1989	656	#386
1988	761	#326
1987	807	#301
1986	980	#260
1985	1,082	#238
1984	1,116	#228
1983	1,099	#227
1982	1,040	#243
1981	1,032	#242
1980	1,114	#230
1979	1,458	#181
1978	1,533	#173
1977	1,757	#156
1976	2,010	#139
1975	3,028	#96
1974	2,705	#110
1973	1,512	#179
1972	1,480	#192
1971	1,384	#219
1970	1,312	#237
1969	1,202	#246
1968	1,039	#260
1967	852	#296
1966	735	#327
1965	468	#437
1964	527	#427
1963	557	#406
1962	523	#424
1961	528	#427
1960	586	#394
1959	485	#437
1958	535	#398
1957	529	#399
1956	479	#413
1955	482	#398
1954	359	#464
1953	407	#432
1952	415	#415
1951	337	#451
1950	295	#471
1949	327	#437
1948	240	#533
1947	225	#568
1946	135	#686
1945	95	#768
1944	83	#836
1943	99	#783
1942	119	#684
1941	74	#845
1940	58	#944
1939	24	#1,544
1938	20	#1,752
1937	13	#2,317
1936	20	#1,691
1935	11	#2,573
1934	8	#3,157
1933	13	#2,274
1932	11	#2,642
1931	15	#2,104
1930	8	#3,343
1929	16	#2,097
1928	18	#2,022
1927	10	#3,051
1926	18	#2,075
1925	20	#1,945
1924	21	#1,925
1923	21	#1,895
1922	16	#2,291
1921	15	#2,378
1920	9	#3,339
1919	14	#2,384
1918	17	#2,101
1917	24	#1,552
1916	15	#2,133
1915	19	#1,738
1914	18	#1,541
1913	7	#2,538
1912	13	#1,540
1911	12	#1,372
1910	10	#1,521
1909	5	#2,208
1908	10	#1,357
1907	8	#1,512
1906	9	#1,321
1905	5	#1,930
1904	0	–
1903	5	#1,791
1902	10	#1,133
1901	12	#961
1900	15	#970
1899	17	#791
1898	15	#886
1897	17	#761
1896	10	#1,047
1895	13	#893
1894	11	#950
1893	16	#739
1892	18	#685
1891	7	#1,093
1890	0	–
1889	6	#1,146
1888	16	#636
1887	9	#788
1886	5	#1,108
1885	9	#745
1884	5	#1,024
1883	6	#817
1882	7	#740
1881	5	#830

Names like Christie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Stephanie, Melanie, Nicole, Jamie, Katie, Angie, Leslie, Julie, Katherine, Colette, Chloe, Michelle

Other spellings of Christie

Christy, Kristy, Cristy, Kristi, Kristie, Cristi

Names related to Christie

Christa, Christo, Christ, Christi, Chrisette, Christia

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Christie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christie, updated 20 October 2026.