girl's name
Christie
KRIS-tee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 8
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 49,549
Northern Ireland
#313
1997 births
Christie means a follower of the anointed one, and the anointing was a physical act — Christ translates the Hebrew mashiach, both describing oil poured over a king or priest at his installation. Kirsten and Cristina share the root by other routes.
- Christie is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1975, when 3,042 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1881.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Christie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 68 |
| 1890s | 134 |
| 1900s | 84 |
| 1910s | 246 |
| 1920s | 328 |
| 1930s | 242 |
| 1940s | 1,567 |
| 1950s | 4,452 |
| 1960s | 7,107 |
| 1970s | 18,283 |
| 1980s | 9,754 |
| 1990s | 3,206 |
| 2000s | 871 |
| 2010s | 412 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 143 |
What Christie means
Christie means a Christian, or a follower of Christ. The Greek root concerns anointing with oil, so the sense runs through a rite before it runs through belief.
Where Christie comes from
Christie shortens Christina or Christopher, from the Greek christos — anointed, which rendered the Hebrew mashiach, messiah. Both words describe the oil poured over a king or a priest at his installation, so the title is a job description before it is anything else. Kirsten and Cristina, elsewhere on this site, descend from the same root by Scandinavian and Italian routes. About 98 percent of recorded births are female.
Christie in use
Christie peaked in the United States in 1975, when 3,042 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 6780th in France on 5 births and 7751st in the United States on 14, across 49,549 lifetime births in two of the seven markets we track. England and Wales ran its own peak of 118 births in 1996 and Scotland 45 in 1995, both since dropped out of the rankings.
How popular is Christie?
In 2025, Christie was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Christie is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Christie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Christie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Christie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Christie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Christie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Christie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Christie
What does the name Christie mean?
A follower of Christ — the Greek christos, anointed.
Does Christ mean anointed?
Yes, literally. It translates the Hebrew mashiach, describing oil poured at an installation.
Is Kirsten the same root?
Yes — the same word by a Scandinavian route.
How popular is Christie?
7751st in the United States, down from a 1975 peak of 3,042 births.
Is Christie a girl's or a boy's name?
Christie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Christie?
Christie has 2 syllables.
Is Christie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Christie currently ranks #6,780 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.