Cristy
Cristy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. Its best rank was 484th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1978402 births
- Best rank
- #484in 1978
- Since 1944
- 8,185people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,185 girls have been named Cristy in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 402 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 38%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cristy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 65 | |
| 1950s | 557 | |
| 1960s | 1,106 | |
| 1970s | 3,129 | |
| 1980s | 2,128 | |
| 1990s | 592 | |
| 2000s | 345 | |
| 2010s | 166 | |
| 2020s | 97 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Cristy was the 484th 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 Cristy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mindipeak 1979
- Hiedipeak 1979
- Tawannapeak 1977
- Jenniferpeak 1972
- Latinapeak 1973
- Shandapeak 1974
- Shaundapeak 1978
- Shanonpeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
- Christy100,500 ever
- Kristi76,472 ever
- Kristy70,496 ever
- Christie45,998 ever
- Kristie38,353 ever
- Christi20,910 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.