Misty
Misty is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 36 births. Its best rank was 40th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 360.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19776,315 births
- Best rank
- #40in 1977
- Since 1944
- 84,619people given the name
The story in the numbers
84,619 girls have been named Misty in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 6,315 births — 0.41% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 36 births in 2024, against 6,315 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 50%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 12 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Misty | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 40 | |
| 1950s | 276 | |
| 1960s | 5,294 | |
| 1970s | 42,375 | |
| 1980s | 29,115 | |
| 1990s | 5,419 | |
| 2000s | 1,427 | |
| 2010s | 520 | |
| 2020s | 153 |
In 1977, its biggest year
Misty was the 40th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Misty
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Timikapeak 1976
- Tamicapeak 1976
- Tamikapeak 1975
- Tamekapeak 1977
- Lakeeshapeak 1977
- Lakeyshapeak 1977
- Yashicapeak 1979
- Temekapeak 1977
Other spellings in the data
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.