Cristi
Cristi is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Cristi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cristi is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
The Story of Cristi
American parents first put Cristi on the record books as a baby girl name in 1948, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1973, when 159 Cristis were born — ranking #824 that year. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Cristis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2019 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 3K Cristis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Cristi
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cristi. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cristian
- Cristinel
Names that sound like Cristi
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About the name Cristi
Cristi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Cristi's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #824. Use the chart and map above to compare Cristi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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