Kristy
Kristy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. Its best rank was 51st, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19785,332 births
- Best rank
- #51in 1978
- Since 1941
- 70,496people given the name
The story in the numbers
70,496 girls have been named Kristy in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 5,332 births — 0.35% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 27 births in 2024, against 5,332 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 39%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 5 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kristy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 291 | |
| 1950s | 3,230 | |
| 1960s | 8,088 | |
| 1970s | 27,776 | |
| 1980s | 22,386 | |
| 1990s | 6,136 | |
| 2000s | 1,777 | |
| 2010s | 677 | |
| 2020s | 135 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Kristy was the 51st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Kristy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jammiepeak 1977
- Shawandapeak 1977
- Mindypeak 1979
- Shawanapeak 1977
- Shannapeak 1978
- Roshandapeak 1979
- Mistypeak 1977
- Lashandapeak 1980
Other spellings in the data
- Christy100,500 ever
- Kristi76,472 ever
- Christie45,998 ever
- Kristie38,353 ever
- Christi20,910 ever
- Cristy8,185 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.