Cristi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Cristi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Cristi mean?
Greek: pet form of Cristina or Christine
“follower of Christ”
A pet form of Cristina, Christine and similar names.
Is Cristi a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Cristi, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1973, with 159 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had more girls named Cristi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Cristi in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the US were given Cristi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Cristi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 43 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,002 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,922 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,674 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,570 |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,471 |
| 1978 | 110 | #1,154 |
| 1977 | 113 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 128 | #992 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,055 |
| 1974 | 124 | #984 |
| 1973 | 159 | #824 |
| 1972 | 154 | #841 |
| 1971 | 154 | #870 |
| 1970 | 132 | #961 |
| 1969 | 105 | #1,078 |
| 1968 | 130 | #906 |
| 1967 | 76 | #1,219 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 |
| 1965 | 65 | #1,366 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,405 |
| 1963 | 72 | #1,298 |
| 1962 | 62 | #1,407 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1960 | 78 | #1,235 |
| 1959 | 75 | #1,229 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,497 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,569 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,737 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
Names like Cristi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Christina Angela Heidi Cassandra Nicole Amy Lori Angel April Cynthia Joni
Other spellings of Cristi
Names related to Cristi
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cristi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristi, updated 20 October 2026.